Disability

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Disability Health Program

• Funded by the CDC
• Joint offices at
• Arkansas Department of Health Lifestage Branch
  [phone]
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (501)
  682-9900

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Disability and Health Program

• Improve accessibility of public health programs
  and services for people with disabilities.
• Increase the integration of people with
  disabilities into existing health promotion and
  prevention programs.

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Disability in Arkansas

• Why do we need to think about this?
• What is the scope of the issue?
• How can the Disability and Health Program help
  the Hometown Health Initiatives to address the
  issues?

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Disability in Arkansas

• Why do we need to think about this?
• Prevalence of disability
• Disparities in health
• Accessibility of programs and services
• Access to quality health care
• Responsibility of public health

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Disability in Arkansas

• What is the scope of the issue?
• Prevalence in Arkansas 22 of adults
• This does not account for people with
  developmental disabilities
• Rates are actually higher than 22

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Disability in Arkansas Prevalence by Region

• Northeast Region
• Northwest Region
• Central Region
• Southeast Region
• Southwest Region

• 25.08
• 21.74
• 21.99
• 25.58
• 23.51

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Risk Factors for Chronic Disease

• Overweight/Obesity
• Physical Inactivity
• Tobacco Use
• High Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure

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Risk Factor Overweight/Obesity
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Risk Factor Physically Inactive
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Risk Factor Tobacco Use
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Risk Factor High Cholesterol
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Risk Factor High Blood Pressure
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Disability in Arkansas

• Chronic disease rates are much higher among
  people with disabilties
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• Angina
• Heart Attack
• Stroke

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Chronic Disease Disability Status
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Including People with Disabilities in Hometown
Health Initiatives

• Address access issues
• Make accommodations in public health activities
• Recruit/outreach people with disabilities

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Contact Information

• Vanessa Nehus, Principal Investigator
• Arkansas Disability and Health Program
• at Partners for Inclusive Communities/UAMS
• 2001 Pershing Circle, Suite 300
• NLR, AR 72114
• [phone]
• NehusVanessaR_at_uams.edu or Vanessa.Nehus_at_arkansas.
  gov
• Arkansas Disability and Health Program website
  www.uams.edu/ar_disability