4391.0 Other important or emerging issues in disability & public health

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Papers in this session include topics critical to the promotion of health and income maintenance of persons with disabilities.
Session Objectives: Name at least one health issue for persons with disabilities.
Organizer:
Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD
Moderator:
Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR/L

4:30pm
Welcoming Remarks
4:35pm
Perceptions of Quality of Life among Adults who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Poorna Kushalnagar, PhD, Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH, Scott Smith, MD, MPH, Ivy Vetor, Melinda Hopper, PhD and Denise Kavin, EdD
4:53pm
Making CDC's Community Guide to Prevention Applicable to People with Disabilities
Lewis Kraus, MPH, MCP
5:11pm
Medicaid Medically Improved Group: A small group of recent Social Security disability beneficiaries with growing earnings
Kathleen Thomas, PhD and Jean Hall, PhD
        
5:29pm
Gender differences in personal and work-related determinants of return-to-work following long-term disability due to musculoskeletal disorders: A 5-year cohort study
Valérie Lederer, MA, MSc, Michèle Rivard, ScD and Samia Mechakra-Tahiri Djemaa, PhD
5:47pm
Discussion

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

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, Mental Health, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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