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Health, economic and social disparities among people with physical disabilities and people without disabilities in the United States
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Michael Fox, PhD
,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Anthony Cahill, PhD
,
University of New Mexico, Center for Development and Disability, Albuquerque, NM
Gloria Krahn, PH.D., MPH
,
College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Heidi Fredine, MPH
,
Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
Building on work that assessed the scientific merit of various alternatives to monitoring surveillance for people with paralysis in the U.S. (Fox, et al., 2008), a national, random-digit dial survey of over 70,000 households was initiated in 2012. The goal of the survey was to understand the health and quality of life of people with paralysis, comparing them to people with other types of physical disabilities and those without disabilities. Items used on the survey were taken from normed, validated surveys including the American Community Survey, BRFSS and others. Survey findings show that people with paralysis-causing conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis face significant disparities in areas such as health, employment, economic status, housing and education.
Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Analyze economic,social and health disparities between people reporting multiple types of physical disabilities and the non-disabled population
Keyword(s): Health Disparities/Inequities, Surveillance
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have over thirty years experience in analyzing and reporting data from large-scale national datasets. I have been the principal investigator of over forty large-scale grants from federal, state and non-profit organizations, and have an extensive publication record.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
