Persons with disabilities as an unrecognized health disparity population

Disability is an emerging field within public health; people with significant disabilities account for more than 12% of the US population. Disparity status for this group would allow federal and state governments to actively work to reduce inequities. We summarize the evidence and recommend that obs...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 105 Suppl 2; no. S2; pp. S198 - S206
Main Authors Krahn, Gloria L, Walker, Deborah Klein, Correa-De-Araujo, Rosaly
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.04.2015
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Chronic illnesses
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Data collection
Diabetes
Disability
Disabled Persons
Down syndrome
Emergency preparedness
Environment
Ethnicity
Evacuations & rescues
Framing Health Matters
Government
Government agencies
Health Behavior
Health care
Health disparities
Health Promotion
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Medicare
Middle Aged
People with disabilities
Population
Prejudice
Public health
Public Health Administration
Public Health Practice
Quality of life
Race
Social security
Socioeconomic Factors
Transition to Adult Care - organization & administration
Young Adult
United States > US
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Summary:Disability is an emerging field within public health; people with significant disabilities account for more than 12% of the US population. Disparity status for this group would allow federal and state governments to actively work to reduce inequities. We summarize the evidence and recommend that observed differences are sufficient to meet the criteria for health disparities: population-level differences in health outcomes that are related to a history of wide-ranging disadvantages, which are avoidable and not primarily caused by the underlying disability. We recommend future research and policy directions to address health inequities for individuals with disabilities; these include improved access to health care and human services, increased data to support decision-making, strengthened health and human services workforce capacity, explicit inclusion of disability in public health programs, and increased emergency preparedness.
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Peer Reviewed
G. L. Krahn was the lead writer; all authors contributed equally to conceptualization and development of this article.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302182