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Evaluation of an Activities of Daily Living Scale for Adolescents and Adults With Developmental Disabilities

March 7, 2013

Activity limitations are an important and useful dimension of disability, but there are few validated measures of activity limitations for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities. This evaluation set out to describe the development of the Waisman Activities of Daily Living (W-ADL) Scale for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, and systematically evaluate its measurement… Read More »»

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Community Health Care for Adults and Elders with Developmental Disabilities Research and Training

February 22, 2012

Slide presentations and guidelines for Physicians Assistants, Family Practitioners, and Nurse Practitioners on Primary Care of Elders with Disabilities Location: website Administering Organization: The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), funded by the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC) Contact: Kathy Watson Email: watsonkc@u.washington.edu Visit Website

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Diabetes among adults with cognitive limitations compared to individuals with no cognitive disabilities.

June 1, 2011
BY: Reichard A, Stolzle H. University of Kansas, Research and Training Center on Independent Living, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Suite 4089, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. reichard@ku.edu Intellect Dev Disabil. 2011 Jun;49(3):141-54.

Using a retrospective analysis of data from the 2006 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS), we assessed the health status of working-age adults with cognitive limitations in comparison to adults with no disability (unweighted N  =  27,116; weighted N  =  240,343,457). Adults with cognitive limitations had a significantly higher prevalence of diabetes than did adults with… Read More »»

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Perceptions of cardiovascular health in an underserved community of deaf adults using American Sign Language.

May 14, 2011
BY: McKee M, Schlehofer D, Cuculick J, Starr M, Smith S, Chin NP. National Center for Deaf Health Research, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. michael_mckee@urmc.rochester.edu Disabil Health J. 2011 Jul;4(3):192-7. Epub 2011 May 14.

BACKGROUND:  Cardiovascular disease leads in overall mortality and morbidity in the United States. Cardiovascular disparities remain high among minority and underserved groups. Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users are an underserved and understudied group that receives little attention from researchers due to language and communication barriers. A recent ASL survey in Rochester, NY, indicated greater cardiovascular risk… Read More »»

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Health disparities among adults with physical disabilities or cognitive limitations compared to individuals with no disabilities in the United States.

April 1, 2011
BY: Reichard A, Stolzle H, Fox M. Research and Training Center on Independent Living, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 66049, USA. reichard@ku.edu Disabil Health J. 2011 Apr;4(2):59-67. Epub 2010 Jul 14.

BACKGROUND: National survey data indicate the number of individuals reporting a disability is rising. Those with disabilities experience a large number of barriers to health promotion and disease prevention programming. However, only a limited number of studies have used nationally representative data to examine the health status of individuals with disabilities in comparison to those… Read More »»

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Racial and ethnic differences in diabetes mellitus among people with and without psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

January 19, 2011
BY: Cabassa LJ, Blanco C, Lopez-Castroman J, Lin KH, Lui SM, Lewis-Fernández R. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA. cabassa@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2011 Mar-Apr;33(2):107-15. Epub 2011 Jan 19.

OBJECTIVE:   This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a nationally representative sample of adults with and without common psychiatric disorders. METHOD:  Data were drawn from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (N=34,653). Logistic regression models adjusting for sociodemographic variables and diabetes risk factors were… Read More »»

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Health risk profile for older adults with blindness: an application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework.

December 1, 2010
BY: Jones GC, Crews JE, Danielson ML. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. geeceejay@bellsouth.net Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;17(6):400-10.

PURPOSE:   To develop a health risk profile for adults age 65 years or older with blindness, using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as our conceptual framework. METHODS:   We combined and analyzed data from the 2000-2006 National Health Interview Survey after backcoding questions to the ICF. We compared older adults with blindness… Read More »»

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Health Disparities Research: Services for People with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

November 1, 2010

Uncovering health care inequalities among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Ward RL, Nichols AD, Freedman RI.  Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, SUNY Fredonia, NY 14063, USA. rolanda.ward@gmail.com  Health Soc Work. 2010 Nov;35(4):280-90. Even as attention is drawn to the increasing number of individuals who experience health inequalities in the United… Read More »»

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Beyond my front door: the occupational and social participation of adults with spinal cord injury.

May 1, 2010
BY: Price P, Stephensen S, Krantz L, Ward K. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. 2010 May

This study investigated how individuals in the community 1 to 5 years after spinal cord injury characterized their occupational and social participation, life satisfaction, and aspects of their occupational therapy that influenced their participation. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with 11 individuals referred by occupational therapists who specialize in spinal cord injury rehabilitation and/or are… Read More »»

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Social determinants of health for older women in Canada: does rural-urban residency matter?

April 26, 2010
BY: Wanless D, Mitchell BA, Wister AV. Alberta Centre on Aging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. dwanless@ualberta.ca Can J Aging. 2010 Jun;29(2):233-47. Epub 2010 Apr 26.

This study provided an exploratory analysis of key social determinants of health for older Canadian women, with a focus on differences between rural and urban residency, given that socio-economic status (SES) and social capital have been shown to differ by rural-urban residence. Secondary analysis was conducted using the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey. A comparative… Read More »»

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