Context

Nearly 5% of the U.S. population lives with a cognitive disability. In public health, we are tasked with assuring no one is left out, left unheard, or left with a lesser degree of access to their healthiest self. They remain one of the most overlooked populations in public health practice but their live's circumstance places them at an increased risk and vulnerability to preventable chronic and communicable disease and intentional and unintentional injury.

Geauga Public Health (Ohio) received funding from the Special Olympics to conduct two surveys. One is a survey of our nation's local health departments to help assemble and disseminate strategies to assure people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities are included in the efforts of public health departments across the country to protect and promote the health of ALL we serve.

The survey you have received is a survey of CEPH Accredited Schools and Programs of Public Health seeking to better understand if and how the curricula assures that graduates of these public health schools and programs understand the health equity issues facing the population experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Incentive: Early responders with a complete survey will receive a $50 Visa gift card while supplies last. De-identified results of the survey will be shared with all participants and will be presented at several national public health conferences. 

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* 1. What is the name of your school or program in public health?

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* 2. What is the mailing address of the school or program (to receive the incentive)?

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* 3. Approximately how many public health students graduate with an MPH each year?

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* 4. Do you offer any public health courses which directly include any content about public health issues as they relate specifically to people living with intellectual or developmental disabilities?

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* 5. If you answered "yes", what is/are the course title(s)?

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* 6. Do you offer courses that indirectly include issues of health equity that would likely but perhaps less intentionally include people with intellectual or developmental disabilities?

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* 7. If you answered "yes", what is/are the course title(s)?

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* 8. If you offer courses that intentionally include public health issues as they relate to people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, what is the reasoning behind that decision?

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* 9. If you do not offer courses that intentionally include public health issues as they relate to people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, what is the reasoning behind that decision?

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* 10. Would you like us to send you a $50 Visa gift card for your participation?

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