|
|
Disability and Health Journal
About the Disability and Health Journal
The Disability and Health Journal is the official journal of the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD). The Journal is a peer reviewed scientific, scholarly, and multidisciplinary journal that focuses on
- health promotion and wellness initiatives for people with disabilities
- programs to reduce the incidence of secondary conditions in people with disabilities
- ways to reduce the health disparities between people with disabilities and the general population
- evaluative research on new interventions, technologies and programs
- reports of empirical research on the characteristics of persons with disabilities, environments, health outcomes, and determinants of health
- systematic reviews of research literatures in health and disability
- the conceptual framework of the international classification of functioning, disability and health to describe health and health related states
- existing and emerging models of healthcare delivery/promotion which contribute to the improvement of healthcare across the lifespan
- public health, health promotion, health education, wellness and prevention
- population based studies
The Journal is of interest to health related academic researchers, physicians, public health officials and professionals, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health and wellness promotion specialists, health administrators and health policy experts.
Editors:
- Suzanne McDermott, PhD, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC
- Margaret A. Turk, MD, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Please join AAHD to receive the Disability and Health Journal at a discounted price at www.aahd.us/membership
You can view abstracts from all issues of the Disability and Health Journal by going to the following links:
July, 2010
The following articles are from the July, 2010 issue of the Disability and Health Journal. If you are a member of AAHD, you will receive your Journal in the mail within the next two weeks and you may also access all pieces of the Journal electronically. If you are not an AAHD member, you may only access the Abstracts electronically. The Journal is indexed on Scopus, Excerpta Medica, EMBASE, Current Abstracts, TOC Premiere and will be evaluated in October for Index Medicus, Medline and ThomsonReuter.
In honor of the ADA 20th Anniversary, AAHD is embarking on a Summer Membership Campaign. New and renewing AAHD members will receive the discount price of $100.00, which includes a subscription to the peer reviewed Disability and Health Journal. You may join at www.aahd.us/membership
Disability and Health Journal, July 2010, Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 133-224
Review Article:
- Benefits of wellness interventions for persons with chronic and disabling conditions: A review of the evidence
Research Papers:
- An evaluation of health communication materials for individuals with disabilities developed by three state disability and health programs
- Frequency of purchase and associated costs of assistive technology for Washington State Medicaid program enrollees with spina bifida by age
- Summative evaluation of a pilot aquatic exercise program for children with disabilities
- Mood disorders and physical functioning difficulties as predictors of complex activity limitations in young US adults
- Quality of diabetes care for adults with developmental disabilities
- Changes in autism spectrum disorder prevalence disorder prevalence in 4 areas of the United States
- Risk for cognitive deficit in a population-based sample of U.S. children with autism spectrum disorder: Variation by perinatal health factors
- Modeling caregivers” perception of children’s needs for formal care: Physical function, intellectual disability, and behavior
Brief Report:
April, 2010
The April, 2010 issue of the Disability and Health Journal is now available on line. In addition to the regular research articles (see below), this issue includes over 30 abstracts from the Disability Section of the American Pubic Health Association meetings in Philadelphia, PA.
If you are a paid member of AAHD, you will receive a hard copy of the journal in the mail and have electronic access to all past and currents issues of the Journal. To join American Association on Health and Disability, please visit www.aahd.us/membership. To learn more about the journal, submission policies and Editorial Board please visit www.disabilityandhealthjnl . Non-members can only receive electronic access to the journal article abstracts.
Disability and Health Journal, April 2010
Commentary:
- Physical activity for children and adults with disabilities: AN issue of “amplified” importance
Review Article:
- Understanding suicide and disability through three major disabling conditions: Intellectual disability, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis
Research Papers:
- Athletic identity, affect, and peer relations I youth athletes with physical disabilities
- Promoting physical activity in adolescent and a young adult with physical disabilities
- Physical activity, disability in the early stage of multiple sclerosis
- The Kansas Medicaid Buy-In: Factors influencing enrollment and health care utilization
- Sex differences in the evaluation and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders among children
Brief Reports:
- Caregiver perceptions associated with risk of nursing home admission for people with multiple sclerosis
- The Young Women’s Program: A health and wellness model to empower adolescents with physical disabilities
Errata
- Erratum to Disparities in patient=physician communication for persons with disability form the 2006 Medical expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- Erratum to Assisted suicide: Why is this an important issue for the Disability and Health Journal?
APHA Abstracts 2009:
Please visit www.disabilityandhealthjnl to see over 30 abstracts from the APHA National Meeting from Philadelphia, PA
January, 2010
The January, 2010 issue of the Disability and Health Journal is now available on line,for American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) current members, at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com. If you are a paid member of AAHD, you will receive a hard copy of the journal and have electronic access to all past and currents issues of the journal. To join American Association on Health and Disability , please visit www.aahd.us/membership. To learn more about the journal, submission policies and Editorial Board please visit www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com Non-members can only receive electronic access to the journal article abstracts.
Disability and Health Journal, January, 2010-Press release, Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Perspective from Advocates for People with Disabilities
October, 2009
The October, 2009 issue of the Disability and Health Journal is now available on line,for American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) current members, at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com. If you are a paid member of AAHD, you will receive a hard copy of the journal and have electronic access to all past and currents issues of the journal. To join American Association on Health and Disability , please visit www.aahd.us/membership. To learn more about the journal, submission policies and Editorial Board please visit www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com Non-members can only receive electronic access to the journal article abstracts.
- Highlights of Disability and Health Journal-October, 2009
Editorial:*
- It’s Time to Go to the Doctor’s
Author: K. Burke, MD
Research Articles:
- Perspectives of patients with disabilities on the accessibility of medical equipment: Examination tables, imaging equipment, medical chairs and weight scales
Authors: Mollly Follete Story, Ph.D.,Erin Schwier, O.T.D.,O.T.R.,June Issacson Kailes, M.S.W.
- Continuity in provider and site of care and preventive services receipt in an adult Medicaid population with physical disabilities
Authors: Susan M. Allen, Ph.D., Susan Wieland, Ph.D., Jane Griffen, M.P.H., Pedro Gozalo, Ph.D.
- Influence of a Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services Program on the lives of persons with mobility impairments
Authors: David B. Gray, Ph.D., Jessica Dashner, O.T.D.,O.T.R/L., Kerri Morgan, M.S.O.T.,O.T.R./L., Melissa Lyles, M.S.O.T.,O.T.R./L., Michel D. Scheller, P.T.A., Carrie L. Morris, B.A., Holly H. Hollingsworth, Ph.D.
- Cost of workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities: with or without personal assistance services
Authors: Tatiana I. Solovieva, Ed.D., Richard T. Walls, Ph.D., Deborah J. Hendricks, Ed.D, Denetta L. Dowler, Ed.D.
- Disparities in patient-physician communication for persons with disability from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Author: Diane L. Smith, Ph.D., OTR/L
- Transitional shifts in exercise behavior among women with multiple sclerosis
Authors: Susan B. Levey, Ph.D., Kin-Lit Li, Ph.D., Bradley J. Cardinal, Ph.D.,Gianni F. Maddalozzo, Ph.D.
July, 2009
The July, 2009 issue of the Disability and Health Journal is now available on line at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com.
April, 2009
The latest issue of the Disability and Health Journal (April, 2009) is available to subscribers. Abstracts of all the Journal articles are complimentary can be viewed at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com. Full text articles continue to be available for current AAHD members. To join AAHD and receive the discounted price for the Disability and Health Journal, please visit www.aahd.us/membership.htm You can now pay for your memberships on the AAHD website through PayPal.
Elsevier will be submitting the Disability and Health Journal to Medline to be accepted for indexing during the second quarter of 2009. Please check back for status and details.
October, 2008
Elsevier, the publisher of the Disability and Health Journal, has alerted the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) that Elsevier is planning to enter the Disability and Health Journal in the New Journal of the Year awards competition of the Professional Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. This is a tremendous honor for the Disability and Health Journal, the Editors, Editorial Board and the American Association on Health and Disability.
Visit www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com.
July, 2008
AAHD members may access the electronic edition of the Disability and Health Journal by visiting www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com . AAHD members should use their member ID# as it appears on their Journal mailing label to register for online access to the Journal. Once you register you will select a password and then have access to the Journal.
AAHD paid members will be receiving an AAHD Membership Card in the mail by next month.
If you have any problems, please contact mmanolatos@aahd.us
June, 2008
The second (April, 2008) third issue (July, 2008) of the Disability and Health Journal are available at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com
Full text articles are available from 2008 to the present. Access to abstracts is complimentary. Access to full text is limited to print subscribers.
Subscriptions to the Disability and Health Journal are available to members of the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD).
Please visit www.aahd.us/membership.htm to join AAHD and receive the Journal at a discounted rate ($100.00/year).
February, 2008 Updates
The first issue of the Disability and Health Journal will be available in early February, 2008 in both hard copy and electronically.
The Disability and Health Journal now has its own website at http://disabilityandhealthjnl.com . Please visit the Website and receive additional information about Guidelines for Authors, Editorial Board and general information.
To receive the Disability and Health Journal at a discounted price, please click here
AAHD launches Disability and Health Journal
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to announce the creation of a scholarly, scientific and multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal in collaboration with Elsevier Publishing, Inc. The Journal will be named the Disability and Health Journal and will become the official publication of the American Association on Health and Disability.
The first issue is scheduled for distribution in Winter 2008. The Journal will be available to AAHD members and non members. Please feel free to distribute this announcement to your colleagues.
AAHD would like to sincerely thank the members of the AAHD Journal Advisory Committee. These committee members worked with AAHD staff and board over the last year to ensure the Journal on Disability and Health would become a reality and a valuable contribution to the disability and health community. The members of the committee are: Dr. Ronald Blankenbaker, AAHD President, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Roberta Carlin, AAHD Executive Director, Dr. Charles Drum, Oregon Health Science University (OHSU), Dr. Gloria Krahn, Oregon Health Science University (OHSU), Dr. Suzanne McDermott, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Dr. Rick Rader, Orange Grove Habilitation Center, Exceptional Parent Magazine, Dr. James Rimmer, National Center on Physical Activity (NCPAD), Dr. Tom Seekins, University of Montana, Dr. Mark Swanson, CDC, Disability and Health, Dr. Glen White, University of Kansas.
AAHD would also like to thank the APHA DisAbility SPIG members, past and present, for their ongoing commitment to the idea of a Journal for the field of disability and health and for their continual support and counsel.
EDITORS: Dr. Suzanne McDermott, Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC and Dr. Margaret A. Turk, Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY were appointed Editors by the AAHD Board of Directors.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Please visit www.elsevier.com and go to the Disability and Health Journal to see the most current list of Editorial Board members. (List current as of 9/26/07).
SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Disability and Health Journal is a peer reviewed scholarly, scientific and multi-disciplinary journal for reporting original contributions that advance knowledge in disability and health. Such contributions may include:
- Reports of empirical research on the characteristics of persons with disabilities, environments, health outcomes and determinants of health
- Systematic reviews and tightly conceived theoretical interpretations of research literatures
- Evaluate research on new interventions, technologies and programs
The Disability and Health Journal intends to advance the conceptual framework of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health to describe health and health related states, but will not limit the publications to this framework. The Disability and Health Journal will provide a forum for peer reviewed articles that identify, evaluate and promote existing and emerging models of healthcare delivery/promotion which contributes to the improvement of healthcare across the lifespan.
The focus of the Disability and Health Journal will be public health, health promotion, health education, wellness and prevention, and disability research. The Journal will incorporate population and clinical based studies. The journal would incorporate articles related to descriptions and analysis of disability domains and impairment groups, analysis and modeling of relationship between individual and environmental factors resulting in health and health related states, and conceptual articles about disabilities and health.
FREQUENCY: The Journal will be published quarterly in hard copy and be available in electronic formats to the institutional market.
AUDIENCE: The primary audience will include disability researchers, public health professionals, public health officials, academic professionals, disability professionals, health promotion specialists, epidemiologists, educators, physicians, health policy experts, health administrators, nurses, biostatisticians, rehabilitation counselors, social scientists, and psychologists, etc.
SUBMISSIONS: Articles may be submitted electronically through the online submission system. Please visit http://ees.elsevier.com/dhjo to learn about the submission process, instructions for authors and to manage the status of your submission.
SUBSCRIPTION: AAHD members will receive the Journal as part of their AAHD membership. AAHD is offering a special discounted price for members at $100.00/year (until 12/31/07) which includes 4 issues of the Disability and Health Journal. After that date, the AAHD member price will be $125.00/year, which is the regular AAHD membership price. The price for non members is $189.00.
Please visit www.aahd.us/membership.htm to join AAHD and submit your membership form.
For more information contact:
Roberta Carlin, AAHD Executive Director, rcarlin@aahd.us
or Dr. Ronald Blankenbaker, AAHD President, Ronald.blankenbaker@erlanger.org
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is dedicated to better health for people with disabilities through health promotion and wellness. Our mission is to advance health promotion and wellness initiatives for people with disabilities through research, education, advocacy and public awareness. AAHD is 501 © 3 located in Rockville, MD.
American Association on Health and Disability
110 N. Washington Street| Rockville, MD 20850
301-545-6140 |fax: 301-545-6144 | contact@aahd.us
Roberta S. Carlin, MS, JD
Executive Director
American Association on Health and Disability
110 N. Washington Street, Suite 340A
Rockville, MD 20850
301-545-6140 ext. 206
301 545-6144 (fax)
rcarlin@aahd.us
|