Community-based persons with mental retardation: opportunities for health promotion. Ridenour N, Norton D. Graduate Nursing Program, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock 79430, USA. Nurse Pract Forum 1997 Jun;8(2):45-9 The public policy of supporting the mentally retarded in community-based, group home environments provides an exciting opportunity for nurses to develop health […]
Collaborative partnerships (people and organizations from multiple sectors working together in common purpose) are a prominent strategy for community health improvement. This review examines evidence about the effects of collaborative partnerships on (a) community and systems change (environmental changes), (b) community-wide behavior change, and © more distant population-level health outcomes. We also consider the conditions […]
The premise of this article is that, until recently, health promotion for people with disabilities has been a neglected area of interest on the part of the general health community. Today, researchers, funding agencies, and health care providers and consumers are leading an effort to establish higher-quality health care for the millions of Americans with […]
Data from the Aging with Disability (AwD) Study are used to examine variations in the types and frequency of secondary conditions experienced by 301 middle-aged individuals living with the effects of three disabling conditions: polio (n = 124), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 103), and stroke (n = 75). All respondents were randomly selected from […]
There is substantial evidence that physical disability results from chronic diseases and that the number of chronic diseases is associated with the presence and severity of disability. There is some evidence that interactions between specific diseases are of import in causing disability. Beyond arthritis, however, little is known of the disease pairs that may be […]
We interviewed caregivers and reviewed medical records of 278 adults with mental retardation with and without Down syndrome, 45 to 74 years of age. Standardized morbidity ratios were used to compare frequency of medical disorders in these adults to frequency in the general population. In adults with mental retardation, the frequency of common age-related disorders […]
Risk of Institutionalization – Persons Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid – Non-Elderly Adults with IDD – State Variations Disability and Health Journal article – October 2. Sates Are Increasing Enrollment of Seniors and People with Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care States are Increasingly Enrolling Seniors and People with Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care Research […]
Disability and Public Health News: 2025-35; October 7, 2025 The “Disability Squeeze”: Quantifying Disability-Related Out-of-Pocket Costs and Unmet Needs Report Back from the Disability Squeeze Symposium – blog; AAHD – October 3. The “Disability Squeeze”: Quantifying Disability-Related Out-of-Pocket Costs and Unmet Needs (2) and (3) Symposium slides on The “Disability Squeeze”; National Disability Institute promoted […]
On September 26th, Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare and New York Law School hosted the Disability Squeeze Symposium. This gathering brought together disability researchers and advocates working to combat the cost-of-living crisis affecting our communities. Over the course of the day, speakers made plain the hidden costs that affect people with disabilities every […]
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS): FMAP Implementation Implementation of Increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for Home- and Community-Based Services under the American Rescue Plan Act: Key Takeaways – meeting presentation slides; Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) – September 18-19. Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Payment: Interested Parties Advisory Groups Interested Parties Advisory Groups: Meaningful […]