QUARTERLY DIGEST FROM NCHPAD

Quarterly Digest

Public Health

Letter from the Editor

By: Chris Mackey

Welcome to the first edition of NCHPAD's Public Health Quarterly Digest. Our goal is to offer you resources and information related to developing inclusive healthy communities. Topics addressed include accessible and inclusive community design, healthy eating, inclusive health and wellness campaigns and interventions, and resources related to policy and data.

Inclusive Community Design

Assessment Tools

Healthy community advocates do not have to be experts in disability inclusion. It’s important to understand who the people are with expertise with whom you can partner to and where you can find tools to assess the level of inclusion in your healthy community effort. Future editions will focus on specific tools, but you can find a list on the NCHPAD site here.

Policy

Complete Streets

Communities across the country have taken an inclusive approach to promoting health through the implementation of Complete Streets policies. This design concept is inherently inclusive and considers how all citizens can use more active forms of transportation. To learn how to implement Complete Streets, visit T he National Complete Streets Coalition web page.

Campaign Corner: APHA 1Billion Steps Challenge

The American Public Health Association 1 Billion Steps Challenge aims to get Americans walking 1 Billion steps by the end of National Public Health Week on April 8 ^th, 2018. NCHPAD has great resources to help you ensure your walking campaign is inclusive of all ability levels.

Visit the Campaign Web site here .

Check out more Inclusion Resources here .

Healthy Eating: Shop the Rainbow

Understanding how to maintain a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains can be especially difficult for some people with disabilities. Creative communication is essential to get any group of people to engage in healthier eating habits. NCHPAD has various resources, articles, and tools that cover strategies to incorporate healthier food. Shop the Rainbow focuses on the idea of shopping for fruits and vegetables of many colors in order to get proper nutrients. Additional helpful articles are also linked on the page.

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Data Resource: CDC Disability & Health Data System (DHDS)

Here, we feature a source for health-related data on persons with disabilities. This quarter, we feature CDC's Disability and Health Data System, which highlights disparity data on adults with disabilities.

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Building Your Skills, Building Your Knowledge:

Including People with Disabilities:

Public Health Workforce Competencies

Here, you will find a description of a resource or part of a resource that will help you build your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Our featured resource this quarter was developed by the Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD) in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NCHPAD, and many others. The Competencies provide public health professionals knowledge and skills to incorporate people with disabilities into the three core public health functions of policy development, assurance, and assessment. Future editions of the Quarterly Digest will take a deeper dive into each individual competency. You can find more information as well as online learning modules in the link below.

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