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The North Dakota Disability Health Project will promote the health and wellness of ND citizens with disabilities, and prevent or lessen the effects of secondary conditions associated with disabilities.
The ND Disability Health Project has developed health promotion strategies, technical assistance, and other techniques to promote awareness of disability and health related issues.
Our vision is that: All people in ND have access to information and services they need to maintain good health and wellness. There are no health disparities between people with and without disabilities that are soley based on the presence of a disability.
The core objectives are to:
- Establish a state office in disability
- Provide a system of statewide data collection, analysis, and reporting on the health and wellness conditions of ND citizens with disabilities
- Develop a comprehensive strategic health plan that incorporates disability health issues into ongoing and new health initiatives across the state
- Develop and implement collaborative activities in health promotion and marketing that includes people with disabilities and their health needs.
- Improve the access to health care and wellness programs for people with disabilities
The Disability Health Project is a collaboration between the ND Center for Persons with Disabilities (NDCPD) at Minot State University, the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, and the ND State Health Department, Division of Chronic Disease, Office for the Elimination of Health Disparities.
The ND Disability Health Project is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through a grant (1 u59 DD000278-01) to the ND Center for Persons with Disabilities at Minot State University. Opinions or information expressed here do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the CDC.
