{"id":14,"date":"2012-02-15T16:10:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/blog\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:23:56","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Montana Disability &#038; Health Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 200px; float: left; margin-right: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">MTDH Program Areas<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #00615c;\">ACCESSIBILITY<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Accessibility Ambassadors\" href=\"\/blog\/?page_id=972\">Accessibility<br \/>\nAmbassadors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Accessible Healthcare\" href=\"\/blog\/?page_id=5457\">Accessible Healthcare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Visitability\" href=\"\/blog\/?page_id=310\">Visitability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Making Materials Accessible\" href=\"\/blog\/?page_id=414\">Making Materials<br \/>\nAccessible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00615c;\">HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #4c8a87;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"\/?page_id=6632\">Disability and Health Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-499\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Emergency Preparedness\" href=\"\/?page_id=123\">Emergency<br \/>\nPreparedness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"\/?page_id=7418\">Public Health Competencies for Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-496\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Health &amp; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities\" href=\"\/?page_id=416\">Health &amp; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-497\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Living Well and Working Well With a Disability\" href=\"\/?page_id=347\">Living Well &amp; Working<br \/>\nWell With a Disability<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-498\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Women\u2019s Health\" href=\"\/?page_id=418\">Women\u2019s Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-499\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Healthcare Insurance\" href=\"\/?page_id=7107\">Health Insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?page_id=7863\">Healthy Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00615c;\">OTHER<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Publications\" href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/blog\/?page_id=149\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"DHDS: Disability and Health Data System. dhds.cdc.gov\" href=\"http:\/\/dhds.cdc.gov?s_cid=dhds_001\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 30px; margin-top: 55px; width: 108px; height: 65px; border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/disabilityandhealth\/images\/dhds_badge.jpg\" alt=\"DHDS: Disability and Health Data System. dhds.cdc.gov \/\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CDC Vital Signs\u2122 \u2013 Learn about the latest public health data. Read CDC Vital Signs\u2122\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vitalsigns\/?s_cid=vitalsigns_004\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/images\/campaigns\/vitalsigns\/vitalsigns_150x120.jpg\" alt=\"CDC Vital Signs\u2122 \u2013 Learn about the latest public health data. Read CDC Vital Signs\u2122\u2026\" width=\"108px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/covermt.org\/find-local-help\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7154\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-montana-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Montana logo\" width=\"105\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Montana Disability and Health Program is organized to respond to the health priorities of Montanans with disabilities across the life course. Disability has been defined by the 2005 Surgeon General&#8217;s Call to Action as \u201ca feature of the body, mind or senses that can affect a person\u2019s daily life.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>News<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7970\">Inclusive Health Training<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Inclusive Health Training Flyer (PDF)\nSpecial Olympics Montana and the Montana Disability and Health Program are hosting a virtual Inclusive Health Training. Attend two 1-hour sessions to help your organization advance health equity through the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.\nRegister by April 14, 2023: https:\/\/mdphhs.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_b3mGRdtIc1AAfNI\nContact mkelly@somt.org with questions.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7967\">March is Disability Awareness Month!<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">March is Disability Awareness Month! Disability and health is the prevention of disease and the promotion of health among people with disabilities. We all must strive for accessible and inclusive design to support equal health opportunities. Read this poster to learn how you can take 3 steps toward accessible and inclusive design (PDF).\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7881\">Diabetes Management for Self- Advocates<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This video project is a collaboration of 10 state disability and health programs: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, and South Carolina.\n\nIt\u2019s Your Diabetes, But You are Not Alone.\n\n34 Million adults in the U.S are living with diabetes.\nGet a checkup every 3 months, or as often as your doctor tells ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?page_id=6903\">View all News Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7982\">Inclusive Fitness Training<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Please join us for one or both days of our inclusion trainings at the University of Montana. Day one will focus on inclusion in all types of fitness spaces while day two will help identify ways you can make your chronic disease prevention programs more inclusive.\nNOTE:\u00a0 This training is for fitness, health promotion and public ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7682\">Inclusive Fitness Training Workshop in Missoula<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMay 15-16, 2019\nThe Montana Disability and Health Program (MTDH) in partnership with the Rural Institute on Inclusive Communities and the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability will be holding an Inclusive Fitness Training Workshop in Missoula on May 15-16, 2019. This workshop is a great opportunity to learn about inclusivity, exercise recommendations, adaptations, ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7346\">Enduring webinar event: Reaching People with Disabilities Through Patient Navigation: Supportive Access to Healthcare Coverage<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Please join us for this 1.5 hour webinar from the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) at the American Association on Health Disability.\nDisclosure Information &#8211;\nThis continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center\u2019s Commission on Accreditation.\nCriteria for Successful Completion: Completion of Posttest with ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?page_id=6901\">View all Events<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Success Story Spotlight<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?p=7414\">Promoting inclusive community health initiatives<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">About one out of five people in the United States lives with some type of disability, including physical, vision, mental health, cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and other health conditions that cause limitations in one or more major life activities. In 2014, Montanans with disabilities self-rated their overall health as fair\/poor (41%), indicating a substantially ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/?page_id=6892\">View all Success Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline;\">\n<p><a title=\"I know the signs of healthy child development.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/actearly\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 30px; height: 100px; border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/local\/buttons\/LSAE_Button_83x100.jpg\" alt=\"I know the signs of healthy child development.\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Public Health Grand Rounds;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/about\/grand-rounds\/?s_cid=grandrounds_002\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 100px; border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/images\/campaigns\/grandrounds\/phgr_180x150.jpg\" alt=\"Public Health Grand Rounds\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/a><a title=\"National Council on Disability\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncd.gov\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 23px; height: 100px; border: 0px none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncd.gov\/assets\/images\/ncd-logo.png\" alt=\"Affordable Care Act for People with Disabilities\"  height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"National Association of County &amp; City Health Officials\" href=\"http:\/\/archived.naccho.org\/topics\/HPDP\/healthdisa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-header.png\" alt=\"National Association of County &amp; City Health Officials\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTDH Program Areas ACCESSIBILITY Accessibility Ambassadors Accessible Healthcare Visitability Making Materials Accessible HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS Disability and Health Updates Emergency Preparedness Public Health Competencies for Inclusion Health &amp; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Living Well &amp; Working Well With a Disability Women\u2019s Health Health Insurance Healthy Communities OTHER Publications The Montana Disability and Health Program is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8114,"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/8114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtdh.ruralinstitute.umt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}