Changing the Paradigm in Public Health and Disability through a Knowledge Translation Center

Kerri A. Vanderbom, Yochai Eisenberg, Allison H. Tubbs, Teneasha Washington, Alex X. Martínez and Amy Rauworth
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Kerri A. Vanderbom: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham/Lakeshore Research Collaborative, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
Yochai Eisenberg: Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Allison H. Tubbs: The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
Teneasha Washington: Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham/Lakeshore Research Collaborative, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
Alex X. Martínez: The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
Amy Rauworth: The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: People with disabilities are a health disparity population that face many barriers to health promotion opportunities in their communities. Inclusion in public health initiatives is a critical approach to address the health disparities that people with disabilities experience. The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is tackling health disparities in the areas of physical activity, healthy nutrition, and healthy weight management. Using the NCHPAD Knowledge Adaptation, Translation, and Scale-up Framework, NCHPAD is systematically facilitating, monitoring, and evaluating inclusive programmatic, policy, systems, and environmental (PPSE) changes in communities and organizations at a local and national level. Through examples we will highlight the importance of adapting knowledge, facilitating uptake, developing strategic partnerships and building community capacity that ultimately creates sustainable, inclusive change.

Keywords: disability inclusion; social determinants; health inequity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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