Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Prevention Task Force

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Mission

The mission of the CCD Prevention Task Force is consistent with the mission of the U.S. Public Health Service—to prevent disease and...disability. The task force advocates for the service’s programs. The prevention task force also engages in concerted advocacy for national public policy and heightened public awareness in the area of prevention of congenital birth defects and acquired illness/injuries and prevention of secondary conditions in persons with disabilities.

Co-chairs

Justine Maloney
Learning Disability Association of America (LDA)
703-243-2614 phone
703-243-2614 fax
justinelda@earthlink.net
David Auxter
Research Institute for Independent Living (RIIL)
202-295-9033 phone
202-295-9034 fax
dauxter@verizon.net
Roberta carlin
American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD)
301-545-6140 phone
301-545-6144 fax
rcarlin@aahd.us

Background

There is a persistently reoccurring misassumption among the public that disability among Americans is rare. Recent data indicates that there are 53.6 million Americans with disabilities with over 80% acquired during ones lifetime. Less than desirable lifestyles such as alcohol and substance abuse, tobacco environmental toxins, lack of access to clinical preventive services, and medical services and insufficient physical exercise can diminish health to a point where there is an adverse impact on a major life function (i.e. disability).

The World Health Organization indicates that the United States is 37th among industrialized nations on the health status measure of quality life years. A major reason for the poor health of Americans, that can lead to disability, is a less than adequate public health system. Therefore, the major focus of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Prevention task force is to advocate for the implementation of effective public health through programs directed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes for Health.

The goals and priorities of the U.S. Public Health Service through Healthy People 2010 and the public health issue of poverty is the major legislative policy content for advocacy of the task force.

The CCD Prevention Task Force works toward crafting, enacting, passing and implementing prevention legislation in Congress; securing Congressional appropriations for necessary programs; supporting prevention-related public relations/media initiatives; and working collaboratively with federal agencies and national coalitions.

Prevention and Environmental Health

H. R. 5820

Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment

Update

The Prevention Task Force sent a letter to President Bush in protest of the proposed cuts to more than 70 disability prevention/public health programs included in his Fiscal Year 2007 budget. A co-chairs letter was sent to the American Public Health Association in support of its initiative through the Healthy Places Act of 2006 to design assessments and evaluation of implementation of public health programs. An interagency working group on environmental health that includes nearly all federal agencies will facilitate communication on environmental health-related projects and policies and serve as a centralized mechanism to coordinate national efforts.

Annual Report 2012 [PDF][WORD]

Annual Report 2011 [PDF][WORD]

Annual Report 2010 [PDF][WORD]

Annual Report 2009 [PDF][WORD]

Activities

Homelessness and Social Determinants of Health and Disability Prevention (July 3, 2012)
Macroeconomics, Diminished Health and Disability (July 3, 2012)
Effective Child Care and Early Learning Can Facilitate or Diminish Health Which May Contribute to Disability (June 7, 2012)
Effective Control of Social Determinants of Health May Prevent Diminished Health and Disability of Medicare Beneficiaries (June 7, 2012)
Economic Mobility and Security and Impact on the Publics’ Health and Disability (May 30, 2012)
Effective Health Exchanges Can Provide Needed Health Care and Prevent Disability (May 30, 2012)
Collaborative Initiatives between Businesses and Community Health May Contribute to Amelioration of Diminished Health and Disability (May 21, 2012)
Effective Health Information Exchanges that Include Data on Social Determinants Of Health May Prevent Unnecessary Diminished Health and Disability (May 21, 2012)
Lifestyle changes May prevent Pulmonary Hypertension and Disability (May 14, 2012)
Inadequate Fiscal Resources for Healthcare may Contribute to Diminished Health and Disability of “Boomer” Women In Retirement (May 14, 2012)
Community Collaboration With Public Health Resources May Prevent Diminished Health And Disability In Communities With Vulnerable Population (May 3, 2012)
Alternative Medicines In An Integrated Care System Need Study For Lifestyle Changes That Can Prevent Diminished Health And Disability (May 3, 2012)
Essentials Health Benefits Coverage Should Provide Access to Affordable Health Care to Vulnerable Populations to Prevent Unnecessary Diminished Health (April 23, 2012)
Effective Treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension May Prolong Diminished Health and Prevent Disability (April 23, 2012)
Social Determinants and Health Disparities Related to EHB are Factors associated with diminished Health and Disability Prevention (April 1, 2012)
Healthy Communities that address Social Determinants of Health may prevent diminished Health (April 1, 2012)
Mental Health Screening may prevent Disability (April 1, 2012)
Social Determinants of Diabetes and Disability Prevention (April 1, 2012)
Social Determinants of Health Associated with Inadequate Nutrition may Contribute to Disability (March 26, 2012)
Reliable and Valid Disability Data may be Used to prevent Secondary Disabling Conditions (March 26, 2012)
Poverty Issues In Political Campaigns Can Influence Public Health Policies That Diminish Population Based Health And Contribute To Disability (March 19, 2012)
Social Determinants of Health Related to Preterm Births Are Factors Associated With Health And Disabililty Prevention of Young Children (March 19, 2012)
Effective Enrollment of the Uninsured under Health Care Reform could Prevent Diminished Health and Disability (March 12, 2012)
Adverse Environmental and Sociological Conditions can Contribute to Disability (March 12, 2012)
Accommodation of Sex Difference in Prevention of Heart Disease may contribute to Disability Prevention (March 5, 2012)
Economic Insecurity can Diminish Health and contribute to Disability (March 5, 2012)
Analysis of the FY 2013 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Budget: Implications for Disability Prevention (March 5, 2012)
Analysis of The Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Federal President’s FY 2013 Budget: Implications For Disability Prevention (March 5, 2012)
Economic Insecurity of Vulnerable Populations can Contribute to Unnecessary Diminished Health and Disability (February 27, 2012)
Prevention and Control of Diabetes may prevent Disability (February 27, 2012)
Effective Nutrition Programs may prevent Diminished Health and Disability (February 21, 2012)
Pre-Term Births may result in Poor Human Development and Contribute to Disability (February 21, 2012)
Effective Integrated Health Care for Dual Eligibles may Prevent Disability (February 13, 2012)
Inadequate Financial Assets of Vulnerable Populations can contribute to diminished Health And Disability (February 13, 2012)
Poor Choices between Private Premium Support and Traditional Medicare Plans may Diminish Health and Contribute to Disability of Vulnerable Populations (February 6, 2012)
The Supplemental Poverty Measure and Disability Prevention (February 6, 2012)
Effective Access to Integrated Health Care for Dual Eligible Medicaid and Medicare Recipients may prevent diminished Health and Disability (January 30, 2012)
Inadequate Health Services and Financial Resources for the Elderly may contribute to Diminished Health and Disability (January 30, 2012)
Inadequate Risk Adjustment could Result in Unecessary Diminished Health of Medicare Recipients in a Premium Support System (January 23, 2012)
Economic Insecurity Diminished Health and Disability (January 23, 2012)
Social Determinants of Health and The Supplemental Poverty Measure: Implications for Disability Prevention (January 17, 2012)
Effective Alternate Transportation may prevent Disability of the Elderly (January 17, 2012)
Effective Livable Community Environments for the Elderly may Prevent Unnecessary Diminished Health and Disability (January 9, 2012)
Inadequate Premium Supports for Vulnerable Medicare Recipients Could Diminish Health and Contribute to Disability (January 9, 2012)
Health Education of Immigrant Children May Prevent Diminished Health and Disability (July 25, 2011)
Decreasing Hospital Errors may prevent Diminished Health that can Lead to Disability (July 25, 2011)
Rank of County Health Outcomes may initiate Programs to prevent Diminished Health and Disability (July 11, 2011)
Effective Measurement from Physical/Mental Impairments Interventions may Ameliorate Disability (July 11, 2011)
Repealing Birthright Citizenship could Exacerbate Health Disparities and Contribute to Disability (June 27, 2011)
Implementation of Effective OSHA Regulations may prevent Diminished Health and Disability (June 27, 2011)
Environments can contribute to Chronic Health Conditions, Diminished Health and Disability (June 13, 2011)
Human Rights for People With Disabilities may Prevent Secondary Disabling Conditions (June 13, 2011)
Biological Rehabilitation Research Linked With Devices May Prevent Disability and Secondary Disabling Conditions (May 31, 2011)
Evidence Based Rehabilitation Protocols May Prevent Disability and Secondary Disabling Conditions (May 31, 2011)
Effective Interventions to prevent Osteoarthritis may assist in Prevention of Disability (May 23, 2011)
Nutrition Hardships can contribute to Disability (May 23, 2011)
Reduction of Medical Errors may prevent Disability (May 16, 2011)
Analysis of the President’s FY2012 Budget: Implications Disability Prevention (May 16, 2011)
Environments can contribute to Chronic Health Conditions, Diminished Health and Disability (May 9, 2011)
Public Health Features of the Safety Net May Prevent Diminished Health and Ameliorate Disability (May 9, 2011)
Effective Programs of Human Development may prevent Disability (May 2, 2011)
Implementation of Effective OSHA Regulations may prevent Diminished Health and Disability (May 2, 2011)
Poverty Reduction and Disability Prevention (April 25, 2011)
Inadequate Revenues for Public Health may contribute to Disability (April 25, 2011)
Violence and Abuse of Children can Diminish Health and contribute to Disability (April 18, 2011)
Violence and Abuse of Children can Diminish Health and Contribute to Disability (April 11, 2011)
Inadequate Fiscal Resources for Special Education can contribute to Disability and Secondary Disabling Conditions (April 11, 2011)
Riders of Continuing Resolutions can diminish Population Based Health and Contribute to Disability (April 4, 2011)
Effective Emergency Preparedness May Prevent Diminished Health (April 4, 2011)
Budget Cuts: Impact on Public Health and Children (March 28, 2011)
Adequate Care for Injured Veterans May Prevent Disability (March 28, 2011)
Coalition for Sensible Safeguard and Disability Prevention (March 21, 2011)
The (Reins Act): Implications for U.S Population Based Health (March 21, 2011)
The Ssbg: Implications for Population Based Health and Reduce Health Costs (March 7, 2011)
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards and Disability Prevention (March 7, 2011)
Analysis of Presidents FY 2011 Budget in Departments other than HHS: Implications for Effective Public Health (February 28, 2011)
Public Health Functions in Federal Departments (February 28, 2011)
Access to Health Care for People with Preexisting Conditions may Prevent Disability (February 22, 2011)
The Medical Home and Effective Primary Care may prevent Diminished Health and Disability (February 22, 2011)
Effective Oversight of Public Health Programs Mat Prevent Diminished Health and Disability (February 14, 2011)
Well Designed Schools May Prevent Diminished Health and Disability (February 14, 2011)
Effective Strategies to reduce Poverty may prevent Diminished Health that contributes to Disability (February 7, 2011)
Poverty Standards: Human Resources that impact Disability (February 7, 2011)
Definition of Habilitation; Functional Life Implications (January 31, 2011)
Increased Impoverished Conditions In Metropolitan Areas may Contribute to diminished Health and Disability (January 25, 2011)
Guaranteed Pension Benefits may assist Vulnerable Populations with Economic Resources that Prevent Diminished Health and Disability (January 25, 2011)
Vulnerable People should be provided with Appropriate Medical Care and Rehabilitation to prevent Disability (January 18, 2011)
Effective Support Systems for Incarcerated People with Mental Illness Re-Entering Society may prevent Disability (January 18, 2011)
Financial Institutions and Prevention of Disability (January 10, 2011)
A Living Wage may contribute to Disability Prevention (January 10, 2011)
Unemployment reduces access to Health Care which Ccn diminish Health and contribute to Disability (January 3, 2011)
Economic Insecurity can contribute to Diminished Health and Disability (January 3, 2011)

Resources

Prevention of Disabilities Through Immunizations (July, 2005)
Toxic Chemicals Can Lead To Disability (July, 2005)
National Childrens’ Health Study (July, 2005)
Where Toxic Chemicals Can Be Found (July, 2005)
Fact Sheet: U.S. Senate Hearing on Mercury Pollution Rule (July, 2005)
Costs: Inadequate Nutrition-Physical Activity-Obesity (July, 2005)
Rehabilitation and Disability Prevention of the Elderly (July, 2005)
Medical Rehabilitation: Opposition to the 75% Rule (July, 2005)

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