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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Gerry E. Hendershot, PhD, Hendershot Consulting, 4437 Wells Parkway, University Park, MD 20782, 301-927-1120, ghendershot@earthlink.net, Rhoda Olkin, PhD, California School of Professional Psychology, 2198 6th St., Suite 100, Berkeley, CA 94710-2204, and Kelley Yost Abrams, PhD, Research, Through the Looking Glass, 2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100, Berkeley, CA 94710.
Considerable research has focused on the nondisabled parents of disabled children; however, little is known about the disabled parents of nondisabled children (1). There are published reports based on surveys of convenience samples of disabled parents that have provided useful information (2), but no previously published reports based on surveys of the general population that identified disabled parents and compared them with nondisabled parents. The study reported here used the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to identify disabled parents of adolescents and compare them with nondisabled parents. It was undertaken in support of “Parents with Disabilities and their Teens,” a research project of Through the Looking Glass, a community-based organization for families that have family members with disabilities. To provide sufficient statistical power, three years of the NHIS data were pooled, 1998 through 2000. Mothers and fathers of adolescent children were classified as having any activity limitation or no activity limitation, and compared statistically with respect to age, race, Hispanic origin, geographic region, education, marital status, and participation in government programs for health care (Medicare and Medicaid) and income support (SSI and SSDI). Disabled and nondisabled parents of adolescents were also compared with respect to selected functions and activities, including emotional functions, seeing, hearing, remembering, moving, carrying, and walking.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the participants will be able to
Keywords: Family/Consumer Perspective, Disability
Related Web page: www.lookingglass.org/parentteen.php
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Through the Looking Glass
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Consultant