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The Surgeon General's call to action to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities.
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- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Health and hygiene--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- Health promotion--United States.
- Health promotion.
- National health insurance.
- Health insurance.
- Medical policy.
- National Health Programs.
- Persons with Disabilities.
- Health Promotion.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Insurance, Health.
- people with disabilities.
- people with physical disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Health and hygiene.
- Medical Subjects:
- National Health Programs.
- Persons with Disabilities.
- Health Promotion.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Insurance, Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 46 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Call to action
- Call to action to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities
- Place of Publication:
- Rockville, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 2005.
- Summary:
- This Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities emphasizes the centrality of health to the quality of our lives. Developed by the Surgeon General in collaboration with the Department's Office on Disability, it describes the particular challenges to health and wellbeing faced by persons of all ages with disabilities. It places their health squarely among the public health issues at the forefront of research, service delivery, financing, training and education and health care policy today. It also builds upon the Nation's efforts to promote wellness and disease prevention in all persons, including those with disabilities, as called for in the President's HealthierUS Initiative.
- Contents:
- I. Introduction
- II. Understanding disability
- III. Health and wellness for persons with disabilities today
- IV. Vision for the future
- V. Advancing the call nationwide
- VI. The Call to Action at-a-glance
- VII. Appendices.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title screen (viewed Oct. 28, 2005).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Surgeon General's call to action to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities
- CD-ROM version: Surgeon General's call to action to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities
- OCLC:
- 62174703
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