Physical Disability
Conditions
Brief summary
Project SHIELD (Strategies and health Interventions to Enhance Life with Disability) is a participatory action research project to test an intervention package combining a resource kit with peer mentoring in improving consumer education about primary preventive services
Detailed description
Adults with disabilities use primary preventive health care services (basic screenings, immunizations, and hevior health counseling) at rates below those recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force and Healthy People 2010. This projects is to carry out a community-based campaign to increase preventive care knowledge and service use among adults with physical disabilities. Focus group methodology will be used to determine the specific preventive service priorities of the disability community so that targeted resource materials for consumers and physicians can be developed. Second, a randomized control group experiment will be implemented to evaluate the effectiveness of the targeted resource materials, followed by dissemination of the Preventive Services Resource Kits.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPreventive Services Prevention Kit
BEHAVIORALpeer mentors (control group)
Sponsors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* primary residence in Northern Virginia presence of a physical disability at least 18 years old
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevention-related knowledge and beliefs | — |
| Self-efficacy | — |
| Service-seeking intent | — |
| Service utilization | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| perceptions of the Preventive Service Resource Kit | — |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed