Alaska Division of Public Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion “Better Choices, Better Health” is a series of workshops held throughout Alaska for people with chronic illnesses, including arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, and others; these workshops teach people with chronic illnesses ways to self manage their condition and take charge of their life. A […]
Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation’s Division of Intellectual Disability Services Providing generic and specialized services to individuals with an intellectual disability and their families, this division is based on the individual needs of the person, helping the person live as independently as possible. Services and supports include information and referral, case management […]
For a complete list of recent health disparities research abstracts, please click here. Keen, C. Older blacks face higher disability risk, UF study shows. University of Florida. http://news.ufl.edu/archive/2001/06/older-blacks-face-higher-disability-risk-uf-study-shows.html. Published June 11, 2001. Accessed December 3, 2015. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Person with a disability: Labor force characteristics summary. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/disabl.nr0.htm. Published June […]
A 4-part webinar series co-sponsored by the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). Differences in Health Status for People with Disabilities CDC recognizes the challenges that people with disabilities face in achieving and maintaining good health. This webinar will describe some of the health […]
A 4-part webinar series co-sponsored by the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). CDC’s Life Course Model for Children and Young Adults with Chronic Conditions This webinar will focus on CDC’s Life Course Model and public health approach for rare and complex disabling conditions, […]
A 4-part webinar series co-sponsored by the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). CDC’s Public Health Approach to Disability This first webinar focused on CDC’s public health approach to disability and will provide a brief history of epidemiology. Panelists will discuss the impact of […]
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an individual with a disability is someone who: 1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or (2) has a record of such an impairment; or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment (the Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990). More than […]
Conceptualizing community: the experience of mental health consumers. Wong YL, Sands RG, Solomon PL. University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. ylwong@sp2.upenn.edu Qual Health Res. 2010 May;20(5):654-67. Epub 2010 Feb 12. In this article we describe a focus group study of the perspectives of diverse groups […]
Examining the Psychological Sense of Community for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Residing in Supported Housing Environments. Townley G, Kloos B. University of South Carolina, 1512 Pendleton Street, Barnwell College, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA, Gregory.townley@gmail.com. Community Ment Health J. 2010 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print] The psychological sense of community is an important aspect […]
Gainful employment reduces stigma toward people recovering from schizophrenia. Perkins DV, Raines JA, Tschopp MK, Warner TC. Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. dperkins@bsu.edu Community Ment Health J. 2009 Jun;45(3):158-62. Epub 2008 Jul 24. Stigma impedes the social integration of persons recovering from psychiatric disability, especially those with criminal histories. […]