Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This course provides an overview of public health issues impacting the lives of people with disabilities and requires that the student become intimately involved with the readings and lectures.The course addresses the following topics as relevant to disability: definitions and epidemiology; health inequities and disparities; federal legislation and healthcare policy; the disability rights movement; approaches for promoting health, reducing disease, and managing secondary conditions; disability and health programs in rural settings; ethical issues; interpersonal violence; genetic technologies and maternal and child health; disaster preparedness; and, planning for the future.Topical analysis and discussion will assist students in proposing policy solutions for reducing and eliminating health disparities for people with disabilities.Throughout the course, students will apply these topics to the health-related needs and issues among specific sub-populations of people with disabilities of their choice (e.g., accessing health care or promoting health or reducing violence among people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities; w omen, men, or children with disabilities; people who are deaf or hard of hearing; people with mental health disabilities, etc.).Students are expected to participate actively in class discussion and forums, sharing their relevant knowledge and experience and bringing to the group an attitude of inquiry and the willingness to engage in critical thinking.Approximately every other week, students complete a small assigmnent designed to provide practice in applying the course material.Students also conduct interviews of people with disabilities who live in the community (versus institutionalized living such as nursing homes) to learn about their perspectives on health and disability and document the knowledge gained and their personal reflections related to the interviews. COURSE OBJECTIVESAt the end of the course, the student will be able to:
Source: The Mathematics Enthusiast
Author: Rosemary B. Hughes
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W795412062