The Health Club: A Health Club for People with Developmental Disabilities
Project Description:
People with developmental disabilities experience a high rate of secondary conditions. Also, supported living programs experience a high rate of turnover of personal assistance staff, which is a key risk factor for experiencing secondary conditions. The goal of this project is to develop, demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of a new intervention system. The Health Club is designed to prevent secondary conditions and maintain and improve the health of adults with developmental disabilities living in support living arrangements. This project stems from a cost-effective program, Living Well with a Disability, which has been implemented in 16 states and 40 Centers for Independent Living. This is a model program for organizing in-home services and supports to prevent and manage secondary conditions. The project will organize the programmatic components of The Health Club model of health education and health promotion activities, and document procedures for its implementation, and then pilot test and refine The Health Club program in one support living setting. The behavioral methods that will be utilized have been shown to be highly effective in establishing and maintaining functional repertoires and in reducing undesirable and self-injurious behavior for this population.
Keyword(s):
Adults with DD, Health Promotion, Secondary Conditions
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation
Area of Emphasis
Health-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Regional
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
