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Shake it Up: Health Promotion and Capacity Building for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury and Other Neuromuscular Disabilities

• Primary Investigator: Pamela Block, Ph.D.
• Co-Primary Investigator(s): Sarah Everhart Skeels, MPH, Brown University and James Rimmer, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago
• Collaborator(s): Christopher Keys, Ph.D., Depaul University is a (senior consultant)
• Project Goal: Health promotion, empowerment, and alcohol and substance use reduction for people with spinal cord injuries through skills training, educational workshops, and physical and recreational activities.
• Grant: Shake It Up for Alcohol and Substance Use Reduction: Health Promotion and Capacity Building for Persons with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries
• Amount of Award: $450,000
• Disciplines/Fields: public health, community psychology, cultural anthropology, exercise physiology, physical therapy, recreational therapy, athletic training
• Dates: 2002 - 2005
• Keywords: rehabilitation, disability, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, health promotion, capacity building