Jasmina
Sisirak,
PhD
Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jasmina is an Associate Director of Training and Dissemination in the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Developmental Disabilities and health (RRTCDD) in the Department of Disability and Human Development at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Her research interests consist of nutrition, health literacy, and health promotion for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She coordinates several health promotion projects and has written publications and presented papers in the area of disability, health, and nutrition as well as co-authored two editions of the Health Matters Health Promotion Program.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Poster Description:
Background: The Partnering to Transform Health Outcomes with Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PATH-PWIDD) Program, funded by the Administration for Community Living, is a workforce development program aimed at improving the education of healthcare professional students in the health of persons with IDD through implementation of interprofessional curricular materials and practice experiences at our five core partner institutions.
Design: The Collective Impact Model is our organizing framework and we are guided conceptually by the approach of Participatory Action.…