New Resource on [Exercise and] Disabilities (fwd)

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

I'm forwarding this on from a colleague for your information. It deals
with the topic of physical exercise and disabilities.

Regards,

Laura Larsson
Health Services, University of Washington
larsson at u.washington.edu
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:08:53 -0600
From: Stephanie Weldon <weldon at UIC.EDU>
To: MEDLIB-L at LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: New Resource on Disabilities

We have a new national resource being developed here on the UIC campus that
can serve a very special need for information on physical activity for
disabled persons.  The grant funding this developing resource is from the
CDC.  Please help us distribute this information widely by sending this
message to people who would be interested.  Thank you.  Jean Sayre, NNLM
Greater Midwest Region.
 >
 >NCPAD
 >The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
 >
 >Dear Listserv Member:
 >
 >We are the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD),
funded through a four-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).  NCPAD's mission was created from the consensus that
physical activity is a key to optimal health, that inactivity is a serious
health concern for people with disabilities, and that people with
disabilities are at greater risk than the general population for developing
secondary health conditions due to sedentary lifestyles.  A major
constraint to creating specific exercise guidelines for persons with
disabilities is the lack of available information. The information that
does exist is poorly organized and spread over a wide range of venues.  As
a result, researchers, practitioners, and consumers seeking this
information have great difficulty finding the resources they require.  The
NCPAD website, http://www.ncpad.org, features NCPAD's Research Citation
Database, which contains references for journal articles, newsletters, book
excerpts, and hyperlinks to websites as well as NCPAD's Fact Sheets and
Bibliographies on topics relating to specific activities and
disabilities.  NCPAD's website also provides a national resource
directories of facilities, programs, and events concerned with physical
activity and disability.
 >
 >We are currently conducting an outreach effort so that the NCPAD website
and materials can be widely used by consumers, practitioners, and
researchers.  So, please pass the word along and peruse the current edition
of our newsletter (attached).
 >
 >Please feel free to contact me (312-355-4544/jegray at uic.edu) if your have
further comments and/or questions.
 >
 >Thank you,
 >
 >Jennifer Gray
 >NCPAD - The National Center on
 >Physical Activity and Disability
 >1-800-900-8086
 >http://www.ncpad.org
 >jegray at uic.edu
 >
 >Contact NCPAD:  (800) 900-8086 (voice and
tty)   http://www.ncpad.org/   ncpad at uic.edu



Stephanie Weldon
weldon at uic.edu