HealthMatters™ Program is an evidence-based health promotion program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their supports in health-friendly communities. Through the HealthMatters™ Program, we engage people with IDD and their supports to have access to research, education and training, service learning, and evaluation tools to improve their health where they live, work, learn, and play.
We offer evidence-based and evidence-informed programs for people with IDD and their supports:
- HealthMatters™ Program
- HealthMessages Peer-to-Peer Program for People with IDD
- National Healthy Brain Initiative for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Partnering to Transform Health Outcomes with Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities (PATH-PWIDD)
- HealthAdvocacy™ Program: It’s Our Health
- HealthAlert: Signs&Symptoms™ Program
- HealthMatters 4Kids – Today Counts Diabetes Prevention
- OptimalRx: When Less is More
We offer the following services:
- Workshop and webinar facilitation
- Health and health promotion curriculum development that incorporates principles of universal design instruction and learning
- Implementation sciences consultation for scaling up health promotion initiatives on a local, state, and national platform
- Grant writing and collaboration
- Project management
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- The Dark Side of CRISPR February 18, 2021
- Fury at ‘do not resuscitate’ notices given to Covid patients with learning disabilities | Coronavirus February 15, 2021
- Telemedicine Treatment and Care for Patients with Intellectual Disability February 15, 2021
- Vaccine Considerations for People with Disabilities | CDC February 5, 2021
- COVID vaccine panel: No higher rank to disabled Californians February 5, 2021
- Impact of COVID-19: Nursing challenges to meeting the care needs of people with developmental disabilities February 2, 2021
- “The doctor will see you now”: Direct support professionals’ perspectives on supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities accessing health care during COVID-19 February 2, 2021
- Opportunity hoarding linked to racial and ethnic inequities in children’s neighborhoods February 2, 2021
- Nothing About Us Without All of Us: Part 2 January 26, 2021
- Nothing About Us Without All of Us: Part 1 January 26, 2021
- The Biden Plan For Full Participation And Equality For People With Disabilities January 26, 2021
- Certain Medical Conditions and Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness January 21, 2021