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。LiveSmartLiveSafe(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，包括CD-ROM、DVD、VHS和以图片为基础的练习册准备教育和准备计划，这些计划是为智障人士的独特学习需求而设计的。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传播，以帮助残疾青年和成年人在全国各地的社区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)。这一应用程序的第一阶段将开发和评价一项交互式光盘计算机培训方案，以解决流感等传染病的传播和避免问题。在光盘方案的同时，还将编写一本图画工作簿，以配合和支持通过光盘传达的信息。我们将与两个咨询小组合作，以塑造内容和信息呈现方式。一个小组将由ID患者组成，第二个小组将由公共卫生、应急准备和ID领域的专家组成。我们将评估俄勒冈州40名轻度ID患者的第一阶段原型。采用测试前、测试后的可行性评估，将使用配对t检验来分析知识的收获。方差分析将被用来分析家庭个人卫生应急准备试剂盒的发展或变化。大多数美国人依靠电视、书面材料和互联网来了解和准备潜在的紧急情况。尽管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严重依赖文本，轻度或中度智力障碍的人无法访问。

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 LiveSmartLiveSafe (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, VHS, and pictorial-based workbook preparedness education and preparation programs 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 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 I of this application will develop and evaluate an interactive CD-ROM computer-based training program that addresses the transmission and avoidance of communicable diseases such as influenza. Along with the CD-ROM program, a pictorial-based workbook will be developed to accompany and support information conveyed via CD-ROM. We will work with two advisory panels to shape content and message presentation. One panel will consist of individuals with ID, and the second panel will consist of experts in the areas of public health, emergency preparedness, and ID. We will evaluate the Phase I prototype with 40 individuals with mild ID throughout the State of Oregon. Employing a pre-test post-test feasibility evaluation, paired t-tests will be used to analyze gains in knowledge. ANOVA will be used to analyze development of, or change in in-home personal health emergency preparedness kits. 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.