- Healthy Community Living Curriculums
- Developing the Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies Study
- How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Getting Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Making Self-Management Mobile Health Apps Accessible to People with Disabilities: Qualitative Single-Subject Study
- Making Web-Based Job Application Forms Accessible to All Users
- Rural Resource Mapping
Healthy Community Living Curriculums
Description: Workshops of varying durations within CILs to build independent living skills/employment/housing/peer support. Workshops include: Living Well in the Community, Community Living Skills, and Working Well with a Disability.
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URL: http://healthycommunityliving.com
Creation Date: 2020
Type of Product: workshops
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: little to no adaptation
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to rural areas
Reading Time: varies depending on workshops offered
Funding: fee to access facilitator trainings
Staff Needed: need staff facilitators to take trainings and lead workshops
Supplies: need internet access, may want to print some materials
Technology: need internet access, devices to access materials; projector/tv if sharing with group
Alone/Group: Done alone (1-2 staff), workshops are for groups of people with disabilities
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not all participants will maintain interest/availability for a full 7-10 week workshop
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 40.5
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Developing the Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies Study
Description: This study provides a comprehensive user needs assessment for older adults with long-term vision, hearing, or mobility impairments.
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URL:
URL: R:drive
Creation Date: 2018
Type of Product: tool; infosheet; research
People Required: community
Adaptation Needed: needed to access needs in own community – script provided
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: takes time to read document
Funding: needed to carry out survey
Staff Needed: needed to supply questionnaires and interviews, to do data analysis. Staff need to know how to gather data and need to have interview skills
Supplies: questionnaires and guide, all included
Technology: to access guide, data, and resources, can be printed
Alone/Group: done in a group with the community
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of community elderly and those willing to look at the data
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade level 14.6
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great, despite need to analyze data
How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
Description: Tips to locate and list of trustworthy internet sites.
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URL:
Creation Date: 2015
Type of Product: infosheet
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: information may need some updating
Rural Adaptations: availability of the internet
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none for guide
Staff Needed: none
Supplies: guide
Technology: online access for websites
Alone/Group: alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14.6
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Getting Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
Description: Tips to locate and list of trustworthy internet sites.
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URL:
Creation Date: 2012
Type of Product: infosheet
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: information may need some updating
Rural Adaptations: availability of the internet
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none for guide
Staff Needed: none
Supplies: guide
Technology: online access for websites
Alone/Group: alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14.6
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Making Self-Management Mobile Health Apps Accessible to People with Disabilities: Qualitative Single-Subject Study
Description: Study examining access needs when using health improvement apps for people with disabilities. It includes suggestions for designing accessibility options, such as button size and location. There is also a ready-to-use health app: IMHERE 2.0.
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URL: https://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/1/e15060 (study), https://imhere.pitt.edu/ (app)
Creation Date: March 2020
Type of Product: study; tips
People Required: organization (app creation), individual (app use)
Adaptation Needed: would need a programmer if designing own apps
Rural Adaptations: technology skills needed, including internet access
Reading Time: approximately 1 hour to read study
Funding: variable – for devices
Staff Needed: may need staff for app creation or to assist people with installing and learning to use app
Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned
Technology: need online access and tablet/smartphone/computer if using app
Alone/Group: group (app development), alone (app use)
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not having technology, not knowing how to use technology
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 42.4 (study), Grade 11
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great, app designed for use by many people with different types of disabilities
Making Web-Based Job Application Forms Accessible to All Users
Description: Tips to make web-based job application forms accessible to all users.
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URL: http://nwadacenter.org/factsheet/making-web-based-job-application-forms-accessible-all-users
Creation Date: March 2017
Type of Product: infosheet; tips
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: maybe some updates
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: Does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: web developer to update websites/job postings and staff to test with accessibility tools
Supplies: job applications; technology to access website
Technology: need to be able to accesswebsite
Alone/Group: Done alone or group depending on testing requirements
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: may need significant changes depending on website accessibility
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 44.2
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Rural Resource Mapping
Description: Step-by-step guide of how to put together a map of community resources using Google My Maps.
URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_independent_living_community_participation/93/
Creation Date: 2023
Type of Product: guide, how-to, toolkit
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: none
Rural Adaptations: use of Internet
Reading Time: Does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: to make map
Supplies: need this guide and external resources included
Technology: need this guide and other resources included; use Google My Maps
Alone/Group: Done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: Internet usage
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 38.9
Practical As-Is for Implementation: excellent
- Healthy Community Living Curriculums
- Developing the Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies Study
- How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Getting Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Making Self-Management Mobile Health Apps Accessible to People with Disabilities: Qualitative Single-Subject Study
- Making Web-Based Job Application Forms Accessible to All Users
- Rural Resource Mapping