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Health Disparities Data Resources

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 […]

Promoting Health and Preventing Disease for People with Disabilities: The Unique Role of the Division of Human Development and Disability, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Episode 3)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by AAHD

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 […]

Promoting Health and Preventing Disease for People with Disabilities: The Unique Role of the Division of Human Development and Disability, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Episode 2)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by AAHD

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, […]

Promoting Health and Preventing Disease for People with Disabilities: The Unique Role of the Division of Human Development and Disability, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Episode 1)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by AAHD

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 […]

Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Disabilities

Posted on April 18, 2011 by AAHD

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 […]

Community Integration Research: Mental Illness & Inclusion

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 […]

Community Integration Research: Mental Illness & Neighborhoods

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 […]

Community Integration Research: Mental Illness & Employment

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. […]

Community Integration Research: Mental Illness

Social integration of people with serious mental illness: network transactions and satisfaction. Wong YL, Matejkowski J, Lee S. School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214, USA. ylwong@sp2.upenn.edu J Behav Health Serv Res. 2011 Jan;38(1):51-67. Epub 2010 Jan 6. Social integration involves a process through which an individual establishes and maintains […]