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Farming with Arthritis DVD
MARRTC researchers put together this educational DVD to help people in the agricultural industry deal with arthritis. The DVD, titled “Farming with Arthritis,” features farmers in real-life scenarios such as building, planting crops, working with equipment and performing other physical tasks that demonstrate the types of movements performed daily.
It is also a useful tool for physicians and other health-care providers in better understanding the challenges specific to farming population.
To watch the DVD online click here.
Arthritis, Agriculture and You
MARRTC and the Missouri AgrAbility Project offer simple solutions to help farmers, ranchers and farmworkers prevent and better cope with arthritis.
Gardens for Everybody
The emphasis of the "Gardens for Every Body" program is to provide basic information on "How" to create an accessible garden as well as "How" to select and safely use ergonomic, enabling, or modified garden tools designed for persons with limitations.
In 1999, the MU accessible garden program was renamed "Gardens for Every Body," with additional support from the NIDRR Department of Education coupled with gardening gadgets, tools, equipment, and materials donated by Lowes, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart. The emphasis of the "Gardens for Every Body" program is to provide basic information on "How" to create an accessible garden as well as "How" to select and safely use ergonomic, enabling, or modified garden tools designed for persons with limitations.
Town Meeting Report
This report outlines the priorities, needs and goals of the 70 million Americans diagnosed with one of 200 arthritis-related conditions, and compiles the findings of a town-hall meeting held in Columbia, Mo., and hosted by MARRTC. The 15-page report outlines some of the greatest problems and concerns of dealing with arthritis faced by doctors and patients alike.
Free copies of the report are available from MARRTC by calling 1-877-882-6826, TTY 1-800-735-2966, by e-mailing marrtc@missouri.edu, or download a PDF of the Town Hall Meeting.
America's Emerging Health Care Crisis
The removal of Vioxx shed light on a number of questions about America's ability to cope with the healthcare needs of its ever-aging baby boomers. "America's Emerging Health Care Crisis" a conference co-sponsored by the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training (MARRTC) and the Health Communication Research Center at the Missouri School of Journalism featured presentations about the state of American health care and the danger arthritis poses to the health care system as discussed by top experts in the medical and journalism fields. Speakers at this conference held on May 12, 2005 included: Steven Galson, M.D., acting director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Joe Sniezek, M.D., Director of the Arthritis Program for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Geneva Overholser, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at MU and former ombudsman for the Washington Post.
Click here to download a podcast of the conference audio
Juvenile Arthritis and School
The Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center partnered with the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program and the Missouri School Boards' Association to produce a video on juvenile arthritis (JA). The video was developed to increase awareness and knowledge of JA among school administrators, school board members, principals, teachers and school nurses. Commons symptoms, treatment and particularly how this disease pertains to dealings with students with juvenile arthritis in a school settings are featured in the video.Click here to go to Missouri School Boards' Association Web site to view this streaming video.
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School Health Series: Scoliosis
Although little thought is given to the idea that a child's spine could be affected by disease during the school-age years, many children develop conditions which begin in childhood and progress rapidly during adolescence that affect the spine. These conditions are known as scoliosis and kyphosis.
These streaming videos inform schools of the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of these diseases and a demonstration on how to perform initial mass screenings of students. They were developed by the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program and the Missouri School Boards' Association.
To watch chapter 1 click here.
To watch chapter 2 click here.
America's Calcium Crisis:
Osteoporosis and Children
America's children are consuming only of a fraction of the calcium they need to build strong bones. This streaming video informs schools of this calcium deficiency and ways they can improve bone health through school nutritional and physical education programs. This video was developed by the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center,
the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program and the Missouri School Boards' Association.
To watch the video click here.
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