EMBRACE WELLNESS

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EMBRACE WELLNESS
Health Promotion for People with Disabilities
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Health Promotion for People with Disabilities

• History of the HPPD Project
• Established in 2002 with a grant from the CDC
• Project is located at VDH in the Division of
  Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
• Currently funded by a five-year grant until 2012

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Health Promotion for People with Disabilities
HPPD Successes The HPPD Task Force includes
over 30 organizations, with a membership of
approximately 50. Production of the HPPD State
Plan outlining goals, objectives and strategies
for increasing the health and wellness of
people with disability in Virginia.
Development of a project web page on the VDH
web site http//www.vahealth.org/cdpc/disabilit
y/
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The Commonwealth of Virginia Five Year State Plan
for Health Promotion for People with
Disabilities

• Five goal areas of the state plan and
• committees of the HPPD Task Force
• Interacting with Existing Initiatives - Goal 1
• Access to Health Care - Goal 2
• Nutrition and Physical Activity - Goal 3
• Health Promotion and Outreach Goal 4
• Data and Surveillance Goal 5

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General Health by DisabilityVirginia 2005, BRFSS
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Why encourage health promotion and disease
prevention for people with disabilities?

• The 2000 U.S. Census information indicates that
• 24 - 35.9 percent of the population in several
  Virginia
• counties reports having a disabilities.
• Based on 2005 BRFSS data, compared to individuals
  
• without disabilities,Virginians with disabilities
  are
• Less likely to
• - report good to excellent health (59.6 vs.
  92.6)
• - have engaged in physical activity within the
  past
• month (62 vs. 79) (BRFSS 2000-2002)

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• More likely to be
• - overweight according to body mass index (70.4
• vs. 59.5)
• - more likely to report that they were currently
  trying
• to lose weight (54.9 vs. 46.1)
• More likely to have been told, at some point in
  time
• that they have
• - high blood cholesterol (50.6 vs. 33.7)
• - high blood pressure (46.7 vs. 23.3)
• - Diabetes (15 vs. 5.2)
• - Arthritis (63.3 vs. 19.9)

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The importance of physicalactivity and healthy
eating

• Regular physical activity provides more energy
  and endurance for everyday activities, improves
  muscle tone, flexibility and assists in healthy
  weight maintenance.
• Eating a healthy and balanced diet is something
  that we all should strive to do, however it is
  essential for people with disabilities.

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Resources Guidance

• Many organizations provide free nutritional
  information
• www.americanheart.org
• www.diabetes.org
• www.vdh.virginia.gov
• Each county has a Virginia Cooperative
• Extension office that will provide basic and
• easy to follow instruction on healthy eating at
• no cost for those with limited incomes
• (http//www.ext.vt.edu).

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Health Promotion for People with Disabilities

• Community collaboration
• Richmond Residential Services, Inc.
• Physical activity program
• Diabetes Prevention and Control Project
  Coordinator assisted us in providing a
  nutritional education session
• ARC of Petersburg Southside YMCA
• Physical activity program

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Health Promotion for People with Disabilities

• For more information contact
• Health Promotion for People with
• Disabilities Project
• Holly Tiller, Project Manager
• 109 Governor St., 10th Floor
• Richmond, VA 23219
• [phone]
• Web page http//www.vahealth.org/cdpc/disability