Policy

Policy Resources

Policies behind community health programs have a tremendous effect on the health outcomes experienced by individual participants and the community as a whole.

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Tools

Use these tools to create new and amend existing policies to be inclusive of people with disabilities across all current and future health promotion activities.

Guidelines for Disability Inclusion

Along with the nine guidelines themselves, the implementation manual provides step-by-step guidance on how to put them to use to maximal effect.

Commit to Inclusion Campaign

In an effort to prevent the exclusion of people with disabilities in public health endeavors and health promotion and planning, NHCPAD created the Commit to Inclusion campaign. Its main aim is support the implementation of guidelines and programming to empower people with disabilities to lead healthy, active lifestyles.

Additional Policy Resources

Inclusive Programming through Policy

While creating inclusive programs may seem daunting, practitioners and providers can create, alter, implement and evaluate new and existing policies to create or modify existing programs to be fully inclusive. This article provides examples of such programs and other health offerings that can be made inclusive through usage of the nine guidelines.

Commit to Inclusion in Public Health

The Commit to Inclusion campaign is a call to end exclusion of people with disabilities across all public health endeavors and health promotion planning. Learn more about the scope of the issue and campaign through this video and associated resources.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities by any federal agency, program or activity receiving any federal financial assistance.