The Ohio Disability and Health Partnership

Ohio Disability and Health Partnership (ODHP)

The Ohio Disability and Health Partnership (ODHP) is a program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve the health and quality of life of Ohioans with disabilities. ODHP is a partnership between the Ohio State University Nisonger Center, the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC), the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), and a statewide Disability and Health Partnership (advisory committee of self-advocates with disabilities, disability and health experts, state agency partners, and health professionals). GRC has been a core partner of ODHP since 2012, serving as co-investigators and subject-matter experts for program design, implementation, and evaluation. Visit the ODHP webpage here: https://nisonger.osu.edu/education-training/ohio-disability-health-program/

ODHP is currently one of 10 states funded as a Disability and Health State Program by the CDC’s Disability and Health Promotion Branch under the cooperative agreement CDC-RFA-DD21-2103: Improving the Health of People with Mobility Limitations and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities through State-Based Public Health Programs. The overall goal of this program is to reduce health disparities and inequities experienced by adults with disabilities. The project activities that the 10 funded states will complete during the 5-year period from 2021 through 2026 include:

  1. Establish, expand, and enhance partnerships with organizations that serve adults with disabilities
  2. Identify gaps in resources and tools to promote health among adults with disabilities through conducting a statewide needs assessment and define action steps to address those gaps
  3. Train healthcare personnel on best practices in providing accessible preventive healthcare to adults with disabilities
  4. Link adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to preventive health care and health promotion programs in their community
  5. Implement and evaluate evidence-based health promotion interventions, as well as, policy system, and environmental changes
  6. Disseminate key findings and lessons learned

Recent ODHP Products that GRC Collaborated on to Develop