Ø      Identify our community’s strengths and resources regarding healthy lifestyles

 

Ø      Identify solutions to obstacles that people with disabilities face which may prevent them from having a healthy lifestyle

 

Ø      Encourage people with disabilities to participate and provide input

 

Ø      Promote awareness of disabilities

 

Ø      Inform the community of our research project, determining new and different ways to disseminate information about our proposed health and wellness program

 

Ø      Determine the best ways to measure the effects of our health promotion intervention

 

Ø      Emphasize the involvement of community and academic partners in all major phases of the research process

 

Ø      Plan research that is both beneficial and respectful

 

Ø      Create an effective partnership between people in the community and researchers