3215.0 The Intersection of Disability Research, Advocacy & Public Policy

Monday, November 9, 2009: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session deals with three pressing public policy issues and presents current research and advocacy activities related to those issues. Two presentations address accessibility of housing units to visitors with disabilities, one deals with employment issues, and the fourth with social justice issues in pandemic planning.
Session Objectives: Identify emerging public policy issues related to people with disabilities. Discuss research activities related to emerging disability policy concerns.
Moderator:
Glen W. White, PhD

12:30 PM
How Many Houses Need Access?: New Demographic Data and Implications for Advocacy
Eleanor A. Smith, MA, M Ed
12:48 PM
Working with community partners to promote visit-ability in a rural state
Meg Ann Traci, PhD
  
1:06 PM
Why employers don't hire people with disabilities: Research findings and policy implications
H. Stephen Kaye, PhD, Erica Jones, MPH and Lita Jans, PhD
  
1:24 PM
Evaluation of demonstration programs targeting services to chronically homeless adults with disabilities
Karen R. Stewart, MSPH, William Frey, PhD, Mustafa Karakus, PhD, Marion McCoy, PhD, Lynn Elinson, PhD, Martha Beemer Palan, MS and Bibi Gollapudi
  
Discussion

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Gerontological Health, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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