Umkc-IHD improving the health of people with mobility limitations and people with intellectual/developmental disabilities - the university of missouri-kansas city institute for human development…

Umkc-IHD improving the health of people with mobility limitations and people with intellectual/developmental disabilities - the university of missouri-kansas city institute for human development (umkc-IHD) is applying to the centers for disease control and prevention?s notice of funding opportunity for improving the health of people with mobility limitations and intellectual/developmental disabilities through state-based public health programs. The purpose of the proposed missouri disability and health collaborative is to increase access to and use of preventive health care and health promotion activities by individuals with mobility limitations and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across missouri. We will achieve this purpose through a multidisciplinary collaboration that will assess needs, train healthcare providers in accessible care methods, and implement and evaluate interventions to link individuals to preventive care and increase health and wellness behaviors. The project will result in increased capacity at the state, county, local, and organizational levels to provide accessible, high-quality preventive health care and health promotion services to people with disabilities. Key grant partners will include the missouri bureau of community health and wellness, missouri chronic disease program, county developmental disabilities services boards, people first self-advocacy organization, centers for independent living, missouri statewide independent living council, special olympics missouri, missouri primary care association, missouri state alliance of ymcas, clinical health care providers, local public health agencies, and the missouri association of rehabilitation facilities. People with mobility limitations, people with IDD, and their family members will also be involved in all aspects of planning, leading, implementing, and evaluating the project. Objectives include:1. Establish a statewide advisory workgroup that will expand and enhance partnerships needed to implement and sustain project goals and objectives.2. Conduct needs assessments t o identify gaps in information and resources and barriers to engagement with preventive healthcare services and health promotion programs, and identify action steps to fill GAPS3. Administer and evaluate training for healthcare providers on accessible preventive health CARE4. Conduct a demonstration project to link people with IDD who have unmet preventive care needs with community health care and health promotion resources.5. Identify, implement, and evaluate evidence-based health promotion interventions for adults with mobility limitations and adults with IDD. Identify, implement, and evaluate policy, systems, and environmental changes related to accessible health promotion for the target audiences.6. Disseminate project findings and products to diverse audiences project long-term outcomes will include increased number of providers offering accessible health care, fewer unmet preventive care needs among adults with IDD, healthier behaviors among adults with mobility limitations and IDD, and reduced prevalence of chronic disease and risk factors in the target populations. Short- and medium-term outcomes focus on enhanced partnerships between the public health and disability sectors, increased knowledge and awareness by providers, increased knowledge and awareness about preventive care among adults with mobility limitations and adults with IDD, increased enrollment in health promotion programs, increased state and community use of resources and tools to improve the health of the target populations, and adoption of policy, systems, and environmental changes by communities and organizations.