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This week at PHI ...
Polio survivor, freelance writer and contributor to Post-Polio Health, Reji Mathew, PhD, New York University, Counseling and Behavioral Health Division, has a new website. The main focus is to raise awareness among media, health care providers, and the public regarding the long-term health care needs of persons living with paralysis.
EDUCATION ...
Explore information for polio survivors, families and health professionals.
- Post-Polio Health
- Remember POLIO? Have you heard about the LATE EFFECTS OF POLIO?
- Handbook on the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis for Physicians and Survivors
- Access to publications, journal articles, etc., specifically for health professionals.
- Books about the Polio Experience
- Post-Polio Wellness Retreats (Videos from April Wellness Retreat)
- CD of Program Booklets Now Available: Daily program booklets (Thursday–60 pgs; Friday–98 pgs; Saturday–70 pgs) from PHI’s 10th International Conference: Living with Polio in the 21st Century are now available. In PDF format on a single CD, the files contain abstracts and handouts.
Here is a sample of what is on the CD:.
From Thursday: Polio – The Legacy of Warm Springs, Outline of Post-Polio Assessment
From Friday: Benefits and Techniques of Aquatic Therapy, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
From Saturday: Bladder Inconveniences, Polypharmacy: Making It All Work
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ADVOCACY ...
Investigate and actively support current issues affecting the lives of polio survivors.
- Support PHI initiatives, other advocacy organizations and connect with other advocacy resources.
RESEARCH ...
Learn about The Research Fund of PHI and opportunities to participate in research.
- PHI's SIXTH RESEARCH GRANT: CALL FOR PROPOSALS NEW!!
- THE FIFTH AWARD (2009) – $25,000 was awarded to team from University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
- Opportunities for Research
- Invitation to participate in Aging with a Physical Disability Survey Study from the Aging Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.
- Are you a cancer survivor who had limitations in activities of daily living prior to your cancer?
NETWORKING ...
Find health professionals, support groups; connect at conferences; receive and/or offer help ...
- Find clinics, health professionals and support groups in PHI's Post-Polio Directory;
- Resources for support groups
- Post-polio conferences around the world
- Email requests or offers of help to other polio survivors
- The John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, launched an online registry of polio survivors to track polio survivors.
- Do you offer programs for the survivors of polio in the developing world? Do you want to share your ideas with the others? Do you have questions for experienced groups? Post-Polio Health International is compiling information about groups in the developing world which are directed by, or for, polio survivors. READ MORE
- Are you looking for employment that can be accomplished electronically and long distance? Send your qualifications to editor@post-polio.org.
- Polio survivors seeking employment
- Polio survivors seeking employment
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This site updated 2-8-10