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Transforming the health of individuals with intellectual disabilities through nutrition & sports. Join our movement for a healthier, inclusive world!
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Healthy Community Project – Health Promotion Special Olympics Belgium (SOB) Diane Buekers Clinical Director Health Promotion SOB
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Experience: • Dietitian / Coördinator nutrition: in a care home forpeoplewith multiple disabilities in Belgium (since 1995) • Clinical Director Health Promotion SOB (since 2016)
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Special Olympics(SO): • Worldwideorganisation • Provides sports training for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) • Since 1968, founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver • Active in 178 countries all over the world • Aim: to create a better world for people with ID by promoting inclusion • Sport and Healthy Athletes Program • Belgium: 1x/year National Games
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Healthy Athletes Program (HAP) • Provides free health screenings at the sport events: in a fun, welcoming environment • 7 disciplines: screenings and education • Health Promotion (HP): nutritionand a healthy lifestyle + in Belgium Healthy Body
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Healthy Community Project SO • SO and Golisano Foundation (Grant) • 88 countries all over the World • Infuses health across all aspects of Special Olympics programming • To improve year round access to quality health care, prevention and wellness programming for people with ID
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Healthy Community Project – HP (Belgium) • Focus on nutrition and physical activities, for people with severe and multiple ID – based on my experience • Adapted nutrition • Focus on: chewing and swallowing problems + diets • Several factors can influence the nutrition situation and makes nurturing in this target group very complex • An individual focus on taste, consistency, presentation and composition • Theme: ‘Food is a festivity!’
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Healthy Community Project – HP (Belgium) • 6 events in the care home Ter Heide, in 3 years (2016-2019) • Bringing this target group together with students, parents, personnel of institutions (chefs, therapists, paramedical staff), firms and SOB. • For the most vulnerablepeoplein terms of nutrition and movement • They have a choice of flavors in adapted food • Each visitor also enjoy the meals -> roles are reversed
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Realisationsafter5 of the 6 events in Ter Heide: • Local TV and radio, articles in newspapers and professional magazines • EFAD conference 2017: Poster-presentation • State secretary for people with disabilities: • Present at 4 events • Presents the HC Project at workshops of the UN • Flemish Minister of Health was present • National Minister of Health invited me to present the HC Project to her staff • Interest of several health organisations and firms
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Realisations: • ONCA: • website: Goodpractices • member of BA ONCA • Booklet: • Recipebooklet: adapted food • Sportsbooklet: with 3 new developedsports • Receivedthe ‘Golisano Health Leadership Award’
@ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare Future: • Last event at 7 february 2019 • Plansto make the project sustainable • Reach more peoplewith ID toenjoy these events withadapted food andadaptedsports.
Video: ‘Eating is a festivity!’ @ONCAcampaign #nutritionalcare https://youtu.be/XZWwOIzeLu4
