Live Smart Live Safe: Emergency Prep. for People with Intellectual Disabilities

描述(由申请人提供)：智障技术援助研究所，Inc.提议开发公共卫生和应急准备教育计划的产品线，以满足残疾人以及为他们服务的机构和组织的需求。Live Smart Live Safe(LSLS)计划将解决针对公共卫生、自然和人为灾难的物质、行为和情感准备。这项工作的最终结果将是LSLS计划，由CD-ROM、DVD和基于图片的“911笔记本”(911笔记)组成，专为智障人士的独特学习需求而设计。这些方案将通过公共卫生和社会服务、公共和私立教育机构以及宣传和支持服务机构和家庭来传播，这些机构和家庭在全国各地的社区中帮助残疾青年和成年人走向完全包容和独立。鉴于国家护理研究所(NINR)专注于国家面临的严重健康问题的生物和行为方面，这项申请涉及NINR的优先事项，包括a)通过预防或延迟疾病来改善与健康相关的生活质量，b)建立促进健康和预防疾病的更好方法，b)促进干预措施，以消除健康差距，以及c)开发技术，以帮助个人减少环境暴露(例如，化学和病毒剂)。该应用程序的第二阶段将扩展第一阶段原型计划，并开发和评估其余三个交互式CD-ROM计算机培训计划，以应对突发公共卫生事件、自然灾害和包括恐怖主义在内的人为灾难。除了光盘程序外，还将开发四个配套的DVD程序以及以图片为基础的911注释，以伴随和支持通过光盘传达的信息。我们将与一个由ID患者组成的咨询小组合作，并与公共卫生和应急准备领域的专家进行30次电话采访，以确定内容和信息呈现方式。我们将对俄勒冈州80名轻度ID患者进行前测试、后测试和后续评估，以评估第二阶段的计划。公共卫生相关性：大多数美国人依靠电视、书面材料和互联网来了解潜在的紧急情况，并为之做好准备。虽然轻度或中度智力障碍(ID)的人经常看电视，但大多数提供公共卫生、自然灾害和人为灾难信息的书面材料、指南和基于网络的资源都严重依赖文本，轻度或中度ID的人无法访问。ID的人，他们中的许多人是独立的，自己生活，无法获得这些潜在的救命信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Technological Assistance Institute for Intellectual Disability, Inc. proposes to develop a product line of public health and emergency preparedness education programs to meet the needs of people with disabilities, and the institutions and organizations that serve them. The Live Smart Live Safe (LSLS) programs will address material, behavioral, and emotional preparedness for public health, natural, and man-made disasters. The final result of this work will be the LSLS programs, consisting of CD-ROM, DVD, and pictorial-based "911 Notebook" (911 Notes), designed for the unique learning needs of people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID). The programs will be disseminated through public health and social service, public and private education institutions, and advocacy and support service agencies and families that assist youth and adults with disabilities as they move toward full inclusion and independence in communities across the Nation. Given the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) focus on biological and behavioral aspects of critical health problems that confront the Nation, this application addresses NINR priorities including a) improving health-related quality of life by preventing or delaying disease, b) establishing better approaches to promote health and prevent disease, b) promote interventions to eliminate health disparities, and c) to develop technologies to assist individuals in reducing environmental exposures (e.g., chemical and viral agents). Phase II of this application will expand the Phase I prototype program, and develop and evaluate the remaining three interactive CD-ROM computer-based training programs that address public health emergencies, natural, and man-made disasters including terrorism. Along with the CD-ROM programs, four companion DVD programs will be developed as well as a pictorial-based 911 Notes to accompany and support information conveyed via CD-ROM. We will work with one advisory panel of people with ID and conduct 30 telephone interviews with experts in the areas of public health and emergency preparedness to shape content and message presentation. We will evaluate the Phase II programs with 80 individuals with mild ID throughout the State of Oregon employing a pretest, posttest, and follow-up evaluation. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Most Americans rely on television, written materials, and the Internet to learn about, and prepare for potential emergency situations. Although people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) such as mild, or moderate mental retardation often watch television, most written materials, guidelines, and web-based resources that provide information about public health, natural, and man-made disasters rely heavily on text, and are inaccessible to people with mild or moderate ID. People with ID, many of whom are independent and live on their own do not have access to this potentially life-saving information.