The Women’s Health Network (WHN) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Office of Health and Disabilities (OHD) Format Project The Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for 1998-2000 states that only 46 percent of women aged 40 and older with mobility impairments had a mammogram within the past… Read More »»
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Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)
January 1, 2008
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine Format Center CROWD’s mission is to promote, develop, and disseminate information to improve the health of women with disabilities and expand their life choices. CROWD has established the following research topics as high priorities: Sexuality and Reproductive Health,Psychosocial Health,Health Promotion,Secondary Conditions,Access to Health… Read More »»
Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (BHAWD)
January 1, 2008
Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (BHAWD) Format Community partnership Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (BHAWD) is a community partnership of women with disabilities, breast cancer survivors, medical professionals and disability rights organizations, which has four primary goals: eliminate barriers that prevent women with disabilities from obtaining early cancer screening services;… Read More »»
Project AIMFREE (Accessibility Instruments Measuring Fitness and Recreation Environments)
January 1, 2008
The Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Format Study Project AIMFREE, a three-year national study designed in 2002, assessed the accessibility for people with disabilities to recreation and fitness centers, including gymnasiums, parks,… Read More »»
Active Living by Design’s “Physical Activity and Disabilities” webpage
January 1, 2008
The Active Living by Design National Program Office is a part of the School of Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Format Webpage The goal of Active Living by Design is to reduce barriers to routine physical activity and promote… Read More »»
Tools for Decreasing Health Care Barriers: Accessible Health Care Briefs
January 1, 2008
The Center for Disabilities and the Health Professions (CDHIP) Format Briefs The CDHIP “Accessible Health Care” series is designed to educate managed care organizations, health care professionals, community organizations, advocates, and people with disabilities and includes discussions, examples, illustrations, and resource information on how to improve access to health care services, programs, and products.… Read More »»
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC)
January 1, 2008
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Format Studies Several research studies on barriers to health care access have been conducted by RRTC: 1) Barriers and Strategies Validation Study created a listing of barriers to routine health care access for people with disabilities and… Read More »»
Health Access Project
January 1, 2008
Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) Format Project To address the numerous barriers to quality health care and insurance that people with disabilities face everyday, DRA created the Health Access Project, which works to remove access barriers through litigation, research, and public education, leading the way in protecting the right to access health care… Read More »»
Disability Healthcare Access Brief
January 1, 2008
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Format Brief Obtaining and maintaining health insurance coverage and quality healthcare is critical for everyone in the United States, but people with disabilities face additional barriers to receiving adequate healthcare, which can include physically inaccessible healthcare provider locations, exam and diagnostic equipment that cannot be adjusted for… Read More »»
Disability Health Access (DHA)
January 1, 2008
Disability Health Access (DHA) Format Program DHA develops solutions for health plans and systems, consumer advocacy groups, public agencies, private corporations, and health care consulting firms to address the challenges of designing a health-care system accessible to individuals with disabilities, thus meeting the needs of these consumers. DHS advises on regulatory compliance, develops and… Read More »»
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