The Project
HDWD is based on the Healthy People 2010 initiative, a national 10-year plan to help federal, state, local, private, and community health promotion and wellness activities to improve the health of all Americans. People with disabilities are included throughout the Healthy People plan. In addition, there are an additional 13 objectives within Chapter 6 of the plan that apply specifically to people with disabilities.
Delaware is one of 16 States that are funded by CDC to focus specifically on disabilities.
HDWD is a collaboration project between the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) of the Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS), the Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) at the University of Delaware, and the Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research (CADSR), also at the University of Delaware.
Project Goals
1. Increase statewide epidemiologic capacity of health statistics on people with disabilities
2. Assemble and develop a functioning statewide Advisory Panel dedicated to health promotion and wellness for people with disabilities
3. Develop the Advisory Panel into a recognized statewide resource for technical assistance on issues of health and wellness for people with disabilities
4. Produce a statewide report on the health and wellness of people with disabilities
5. Produce four health and wellness modules for people with disabilities
Funding
The Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities 2010 Project (HDWD) is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
The project is on a two-year funding cycle, from April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2007. The HDWD team recently applied for new CDC funding for this project.
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