The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has implemented intervention programs within 16 states to combat prominent public health issues within America. However this paper take a closer look at the intervention program implemented in the state of Arkansas. The intervention program named The Arkansas Disability and Health Program, was funded by the National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities. Their aim for this intervention program was to promote good health of Arkansans with disabilities, to increase access to health care for people with disabilities and to identify interventions methods to reduce or eliminate secondary conditions. This 10 year plan identified and addressed eight areas of concern: health promotion, quality
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Due to the severe problems afflicting the disabled community within Arkansas, the CDC created this intervention program to combat these public health issues by promoting good health practices to Arkansans with disability, increasing their access to health care and health care practitioners, and finally to detecting intervention methods to reduce or eliminate secondary conditions. The areas of concern in this intervention program was approached with possible activities that could potentially remediate the public health issues afflicting the disabled community within Arkansas. These activities all revolved around three solution approaches, policy, education/awareness, and access. For instance, for health promotion, one of the activities under education, implemented a peer mentoring program that identifies people with disabilities to serve as health mentors for other people with disabilities. While one activity under policy advocated for the adoption of policies that include people with disabilities in the development of all health promotion activities and campaigns. Finally, one of the activities for access was, developing an accessible multimedia campaign focused on the benefits of healthy living habits for all people, including people with disabilities. This format was used for the other seven areas of …show more content…
This is a concern, especially since studies have shown that symptoms of depression may be 2 to 10 times more common in individuals with disabilities. (Thompson, 2002) In the case of Arkansas, it is shown that Arkansans with developmental disabilities report extremely high rates of depression (52.3%) compared to the general population (6.7%). (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2010) There are several factors contributing to this high rate of depression within the disabled community. However, one that is often overlooked is our habitus concerning the disabled. This collection of perceptions, preferences, appreciations and actions; forms a way of perceiving the world and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate activities. (Haywood et al, 2009) When it comes to the disabled, these perceptions are often negative, this in turn leads to negative assumptions and treatments of those living with a disability in our society. This constant feeling of shame and isolation from society will undoubtedly lead to emotional trauma, which will develop into different forms of mental health problems such as depression. An intervention program addressing this as well as other mental health illnesses within the disabled community of Arkansas would have made the Arkansas
Due to the severe problems afflicting the disabled community within Arkansas, the CDC created this intervention program to combat these public health issues by promoting good health practices to Arkansans with disability, increasing their access to health care and health care practitioners, and finally to detecting intervention methods to reduce or eliminate secondary conditions. The areas of concern in this intervention program was approached with possible activities that could potentially remediate the public health issues afflicting the disabled community within Arkansas. These activities all revolved around three solution approaches, policy, education/awareness, and access. For instance, for health promotion, one of the activities under education, implemented a peer mentoring program that identifies people with disabilities to serve as health mentors for other people with disabilities. While one activity under policy advocated for the adoption of policies that include people with disabilities in the development of all health promotion activities and campaigns. Finally, one of the activities for access was, developing an accessible multimedia campaign focused on the benefits of healthy living habits for all people, including people with disabilities. This format was used for the other seven areas of …show more content…
This is a concern, especially since studies have shown that symptoms of depression may be 2 to 10 times more common in individuals with disabilities. (Thompson, 2002) In the case of Arkansas, it is shown that Arkansans with developmental disabilities report extremely high rates of depression (52.3%) compared to the general population (6.7%). (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2010) There are several factors contributing to this high rate of depression within the disabled community. However, one that is often overlooked is our habitus concerning the disabled. This collection of perceptions, preferences, appreciations and actions; forms a way of perceiving the world and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate activities. (Haywood et al, 2009) When it comes to the disabled, these perceptions are often negative, this in turn leads to negative assumptions and treatments of those living with a disability in our society. This constant feeling of shame and isolation from society will undoubtedly lead to emotional trauma, which will develop into different forms of mental health problems such as depression. An intervention program addressing this as well as other mental health illnesses within the disabled community of Arkansas would have made the Arkansas