Five-Year, $3.5 Million Study Aims to Promote the Health of
People With Disabilities 02/24/05 Portland, Ore. The grant from
the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on
Disability Rehabilitation Research was given to the
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health &
Wellness in the OHSU Child Development and Rehabilitation Center
(CDRC). The center focuses on health and wellness for children
and adults with disabilities. The researchers are charged with
three outcomes: - Identifying strategies to overcome barriers
that impede access to routine health care. - Identifying
interventions that promote health and wellness, such as
exercise, nutrition, pain management, or complementary and
alternative therapies. - Developing a method for measuring the
health status of people with disabilities. People with a variety
of physical and cognitive disabilities are more likely to
experience early deaths, chronic conditions; have some of the
highest rates for oral disease; and have higher rates o