AUCD: Concurrent Sessions: Strategies for Providing Disability and Health Education across Varied Audiences and Settings

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Griffen - Disability and Health Education [download] Lutz - Disability and Health Education [download] Peterson-Besse - Disability and Health Education [download] Gotto - Disability and Health Education [download] Levitz - Disability and Health Education [download] Willis - Disability and Health Education [download]

Presenter

Jana Peterson-Besse, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health
Pacific University

Other Presenter(s)

Tara Lutz, PhD, MPH, Farmington, CT, United States, CT - A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND;
George Gotto, PhD, Kansas City, MO, United States, MO - University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND;
Mitchell Levitz, Valhalla, NY, United States, NY - Westchester Institute for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND;
Derrick Willis, MPA, Iowa City, IA, United States, IA - Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND;
Adriane Griffen, DrPH, MPH, AUCD, Silver Spring, MD, United States;

Description

Integrating disability information into public health education is a fundamental strategy to reducing health disparities experienced by people with disabilities. This panel will present strategies to integrate disability-specific education into public health and health education efforts across audiences and settings. Topics include incorporating disability studies into graduate and undergraduate public health education, delivering disability education to health care providers, and providing inclusive community-based health education efforts for the general public.

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