AAHD has joined Mental Health America (MHA) recommending two additions to the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare, Alternative Payment Model Framework. The June 12 letter, available here, recommends factoring in prevention and community level investments by community-based organizations and social services agencies. […]
AAHD has joined with 436 organizations, writing the U.S. Senate, outlining “critical provisions” important to persons with mental illness, mental health challenges, and substance use in the debate over the replacement of the ACA. The May 30 letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD has joined a coalition of disability, mental health, and aging organizations opposing H.R. 1394, legislation to repeal current Medicaid non-emergency transportation programs. The May 18 letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD has joined a Mental Health America collaboration seeking to strengthen network adequacy in ACA marketplaces. The March 7 letter is here: PDF. […]
Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Ph.D., Koen Van der Bracht, Ph.D., Bart Van de Putte, Ph.D. Disability and Health Journal April 2016, Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 226–233 Published online: October 24, 2015 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2015.10.002 Background According to the social model of disability, physical ‘impairments’ become disabilities through exclusion in social relations. An obvious form of social exclusion might […]
A.J. Littman, Ph.D., L.V. McFarland, Ph.D., M.L. Thompson, Ph.D., E.D. Bouldin, M.P.H.,D.E. Arterburn, M.D., B.R. Majerczyk, M.P.H., E.J. Boyko, M.D. Disability and Health Journal, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 325–335 Published Online: November 29, 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.10.003| Background Obesity is thought to be highly prevalent in persons with lower extremity amputations (LEAs) and can impair physical and social functioning. Objective […]
K.S. Menear, Ph.D, J.K. Preskitt, Ph.D, S.S. Goldfarb, Ph.D, N. Menachemi, Ph.D DOI: www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com/article/S1936-6574(14)00156-3/abstract Background The literature is more informative on the impediments to wellness among youth with functional limitations and less instructive on the state of wellness for this population. Objective To explore overall wellness, and each sub-dimension of wellness, in a national sample […]
Below is a partial list of CDC Notable Scientific Publications since 2010. Please visit www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/index.html to view additional research articles and scientific publications on topics such as Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Birth Defects, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Health, Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), Fragile X Syndrome, Hearing Loss, […]
Mitchell Loeb, M.S., Bruce S. Jonas, Sc.M., Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA Disability and Health Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 1, p70–79 Published online: August 14 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.08.003 Abstract Background There is limited research that assesses psychological functioning categorically as a predictor […]
Joshua Mann, M.P.H., M.D., Pallavi Balte, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., John Clarkson, M.P.H., Daniela Nitcheva, Ph.D., Catherine Leigh Graham, M.E.B.M.E., Suzanne McDermott, Ph.D. Disability and Health Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 1, p17–28 Published online: July 2 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.06.007 Abstract Background Researchers rely on resources such as BRFSS data to understand the health status of people with […]