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Health promotion—United States—Congresses. Disabled Persons—United States—Congresses. Age Factors—United States—Congresses. Chronic Disease—epidemiology—United States—Congresses. Comorbidity—United States—Congresses.
Disabled Persons—classification—United States—Congresses. Field, Marilyn J. Marilyn Jane II. Jette, Alan M. Martin, Linda G. Institute of Medicine U. Committee on Disability in America: a New Look. The serpent has been a symbol of long life, healing, and knowledge among almost all cultures and religions since the beginning of recorded history.
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Models and Concepts of Disability,. Trends in Disability,. Disability Across the Age Spectrum,. Secondary Health Conditions: Part I,.
Workshop Agenda and Participants. Defining and Classifying Disability in Children. How Does the Environment Influence Disability? Examining the Evidence. Trends in Disability in Early Life. Secondary Conditions and Disability. Impact of Exercise on Targeted Secondary Conditions.
Secondary Conditions with Spinal Cord Injury. Depression as a Secondary Condition in People with Disabilities. Percentage of the community-based population ages 70 years and older reporting need for help with personal care or only routine care activities, to ,. Percentage of American men and women age 50 years or older projected to survive to age 90 years and older,. Percentage of individuals age 70 years or older defined as disabled by year before death,.
Download a PDF of "Workshop on Disability in America" by the Institute of Medicine for free. Read chapter Front Matter: Beginning in late , the IOM began a project to take a new look at disability in America. It will review developments and pr.
Fitted values for percentage of forced vital capacity FVC predicted by level of complete motor lesions. Relationship of percent body fat to BMI for individuals with spinal cord injuries SCI compared with that for controls,. Oral glucose tolerance by level of neurological deficit. Distribution of serum hydroxyvitamin D [25 OH D] in 40 individuals with spinal cord injuries who received supplementary vitamin D units per day for 12 months ,. Relationship between environmental, physiological, and behavioral risk and protective factors and limitations due to secondary conditions,. Surveillance systems for secondary conditions in the population of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in supported arrangements,.
Oral health ratings obtained by using two measures, the Gingivitis Index GI and the Lobene Stain Index LSS , across regular Reg and novel experimental [Exp] toothbrushes during the baseline and at 6 weeks after the intervention,. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published reports as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge.
The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:. Diane L Damiano, Ph.
John Ditunno, M. Corinne Kirchner , Ph. John Melvin, M.