HEALTHY PEOPLE
2010 - Health Objectives For People With Disabilities
www.healthypeople.gov
Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for the nation. In the late 1990's, 75 organizations and 150 people introduced
150-200 draft objectives for the "Disability and Secondary Conditions"
chapter. The objectives were premised on inclusion of: 1) all stakeholders
represented in the draft objectives; 2) environmental factors; and
3) ADA principles.
Healthy People 2010 Objective 16.23: implement service systems
for children with special health care needs (CSHCN)
Healthy People 2010 - Objectives
for People with Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/hp2010.htm
The 1979 U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention, Healthy People established the Healthy People initiative.
Under this initiative, the U.S. health plan is updated every 10
years. Recommendations made during the Healthy People 2000 progress
review included developing health objectives for people with disabilities;
and examining their health and receipt of clinical preventive services.
Building on those recommendations,
people with disabilities are represented in 207 of the 467 objectives
that span 21 of the 28 Healthy People 2010 chapters. However, data
on people with disabilities are available for only 88 of those 207
objectives. Chapter 6 of the plan specifically contains 13 objectives
that focus on promoting the health and well-being of children and
adults with disabilities across their lifespan. Chapter 6 is co-led
by the CDC's, Disability and Health Team and the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research at the U.S. Department
of Education.
Healthy People 2010 - Disability and Secondary Conditions
– Chapter 6
www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/06Disability.htm
Because disability status has been traditionally equated with
health status, the health and well-being of people with disabilities
has been addressed primarily in a medical care, rehabilitation,
and long-term care financing context. Four main misconceptions
emerge from this contextual approach: (1) all people with
disabilities automatically have poor health, (2) public health
should focus only on preventing disabling conditions, (3)
a standard definition of “disability” or “people
with disabilities” is not needed for public health purposes,
and (4) the environment plays no role in the disabling process.
These misconceptions have led to an under-emphasis of health
promotion and disease prevention activities targeting people
with disabilities and an increase in the occurrence of secondary
conditions (medical, social, emotional, family, or community
problems that a person with a primary disabling condition
likely experiences).
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