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Disparities in Obesity and Disability (Part 2): Developing Research Partnerships and Collaborations

Presented by Margaret Campbell, PhD, Christine C. Ferguson, JD, James Rimmer, PhD and Rochelle L. Rollins, PhD, MPH on March 4, 2010

About the Webcast

The NCDDR Community of Practice on Research Quality will host a webcast on March 4, 2010 for NIDRR grantees and other individuals interested in research on obesity and disability disparities. This webcast is the second of a two-part series on disparities research and will focus on strategies for addressing these disparities in obesity among people with disabilities and improving the quality and visibility of disparity and inequities research. Discussion will include strategies for increasing the amount and quality of disability-related obesity research, promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in national health-promotion programs and research, and improving interagency and interdisciplinary research collaboration on obesity disparities research.

Part 1 of this webcast series on disparities research focused on the disparities in obesity experienced by people with disabilities, potential consequences of those disparities, and efforts to include disability as a diversity and equity factor in federal and community health-promotion programs. You may access information and materials, including the webcast archive, for Part 1 of the series on Documenting Disparities in Obesity and Disability.

About the Presenters

Margaret Campbell, PhD, is a Senior Scientist for Planning and Policy Support with the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education.
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Christine C. Ferguson, JD, is a Research Professor at George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services. She is also the Director of the STOP Obesity Alliance, designed to rethink our nation's approach to obesity.
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James Rimmer, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development, Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
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Rochelle L. Rollins, PhD, MPH, is Director of the Division of Policy and Data in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) where she oversees efforts to improve health disparities research coordination, evaluation and performance measurement, and data collection and reporting.
› Read more about Dr. Rollins

Presentation Materials

• PowerPoint presentation (PowerPoint 6.7MB)     
• Accessible text description of Powerpoint presentation [DRAFT] (MS Word 88kb)     
  NOTE: Descriptions are missing for Slides 16-33.
• FOCUS Technical Brief #24:Documenting Disparities in Obesity and Disability (472kb)
  Rimmer, Wang, Yamaki, & Davis (2010)

View the Web cast

• Webcast - Audio with captioning displayed (Uses RealOne Player)
• Webcast - Audio with PowerPoint and captioning displayed (Choice of RealOne or Windows Media Player)
• Transcript of the Web cast (MS Word doc)

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This webcast is supported through the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), which is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), part of the U.S. Department of Education and is supported in part by the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) program. The opinions and views expressed are those of the presenters and no endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred.

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