scholarly journals Weight loss and dietary improvements following the Healthy Lifestyle Change Program, a community‐based intervention for adults with developmental disabilities

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari Stefan Zeldin ◽  
Ida R Shihady ◽  
Nicole Garro ◽  
Danise Lehrer ◽  
Jean Eis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Adults With Developmental Disabilities

scholarly journals A Community-based Running Program Enhances Gait Parameters in Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 362
Author(s):  
Jilda Vargus-Adams ◽  
Jennifer Angeli ◽  
Micah Garcia ◽  
Ana Livecchi ◽  
Jason Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Gait Parameters ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Adults With Developmental Disabilities

Strategies to Promote the Inclusion of Young Adults With Developmental Disabilities in Community-Based Health Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 958-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Maria Vazquez ◽  
Nazilla Khanlou ◽  
Deborah Davidson ◽  
Fatma Aidarus
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Advisory Committees ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Underlying Principle ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Adults With Developmental Disabilities

We discuss strategies to promote the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities (DDs) in qualitative community-based research studies. Strategies were applied in three projects conducted between 2012 and 2017 that addressed issues of socioeconomic challenges, discrimination, and exclusion of children and young adults with developmental disabilities (YADD). Strategies included partnership with community organizations; inclusion of YADD, family caregivers (FCs), and service providers in advisory committees (ACs); and strategies to accommodate YADD. As part of our contribution, we discuss issues of invisibility and exclusion of individuals with DDs who have “low” functioning capacities. There is a need to review studies sampling inclusion criteria as they may constitute a barrier for participation. Preference for sampling “high” functioning individuals may reinforce exclusion in research, and replicate broader patterns of socioeconomic exclusion of individuals with disabilities. Our discussion of inclusive research is informed by critical disability studies and the underlying principle “nothing about us without us.”

scholarly journals 2530 Relationship between preexisting pain and completion of a community-based wellness program

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (S1) ◽  
pp. 73-74
Author(s):  
Chantay Young ◽  
Sifang Zhao ◽  
Tash Weddle ◽  
Sarah Jones ◽  
Digna Velez-Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Lifestyle Change ◽  
Program Completion ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
New Beginnings

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: New Beginnings is a 12-week community-based behavioral intervention for improving health, strength, and wellness through a holistic approach to coaching that supports lifestyle change. The program serves predominantly low-income, minority women. Given the substantial focus on exercise, including resistance training, we aimed to test whether pain at baseline is associated with program completion in a prospective cohort. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: At the entry of the New Beginnings program, women completed a survey that included a body map of sites at which they experienced pain for most days in the prior week. Using logistic regression, we independently tested the association between presence of pain, the total number of pain sites, and grouped location of pain with program completion, assessing the following a priori candidate confounders: age, race/ethnicity, body mass index, and income. We also tested for interaction of pain and age in influencing completion. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Seventy-five percent of participants, 185 of 247, completed the program. They had an average age of 44.2±11.7 years, weight of 244.5±115.4 pounds, and BMI of 41.3±18.2. Fifty-seven percent were African American and 3% were Hispanic. The majority reported preexisting pain (83%), with an average of 3.4±2.7 pain sites. Completers and non-completers did not differ by the total number of pain sites (p=0.2). Having preexisting pain compared to no pain [odds ratio (OR)=1.3; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.5–3.4] and to the number of pain sites (OR=1.0; 95% CI: 0.9–1.1) did not influence program completion after adjusting for the sole confounder, which was age. Likewise, we observed no association between limb/joint pain (OR=1.1; 95% CI: 0.6–2.1) or back pain (OR=0.9; 95% CI: 0.5–1.6) with program completion. The association of pain with completion was not modified by age. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: While pain is believed to be a barrier to improving fitness, preexisting pain may not be a strong predictor of completing a holistic lifestyle intervention with a substantial exercise component. Rather, women’s commitment to making a healthy lifestyle change may result in program completion irrespective of preexisting pain. Addressing and accommodating pain-related modifications to exercise interventions promise to be more effective than excluding those with pain from participation.

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