RRTC: Health and Wellness

State of the Science Conference

RRTC staff and partners will plan and conduct a national Health and Wellness Science Conference. The conference will afford the opportunity for face-to-face dialogue to identify and share state-of-the-art knowledge about health and wellness for persons with disabilities, and will serve as a venue to outline a research agenda for the future. The two-day conference will feature presentations on the Center's research results and discussion of its findings.

Outcomes: 1) Increased knowledge and awareness of barriers and access strategies to routine health care, evidence-based health promotion programs, and standard health status measurement tools; 2) Increased capacity to conduct research.

Target Audience: Persons with disabilities, public health practitioners, disability researchers, service providers and healthcare professionals, federal agency representatives and other funders.

Outputs: 200 Science Conference participants, Science Conference Proceedings, and extensive website.

Find out more about the 2003 Science Conference.