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Eliminating inequities for women with disabilities : an agenda for health and wellness / edited by Shari E. Miles-Cohen and Caroline Signore.

Miles-Cohen, Shari E., (editor.). Signore, Caroline, (editor.).

Summary:

"Over 20 million American women and girls have some form of disability, and this number will only increase in the years to come. At the same time, women with disabilities often have difficulty accessing health care services, and the quality of the health care they do receive is often worse than the care received by women without disabilities and men with disabilities. The consequences of these disparities include increased prevalence of secondary complications, diminished quality of life, and even premature death. In this book, researchers from a range of disciplines, with expertise in a range of disabilities, investigate the causes and consequences of these health care disparities and offer plans for action to improve wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention among this broad yet consistently underserved population. Using an integrated care framework as a foundation, authors tackle the structural, environmental, and social barriers that prevent women with disabilities from accessing effective and culturally-competent care and services, and address related issues including psychosocial health, interpersonal violence, health care policy, health promotion, disease prevention programs, and telehealth, as well as reproductive and sexual health, and dental care."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781433822537
ISBN: 1433822539
Physical Description: xiv, 296 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Wanda K. Jones -- Introduction / Shari E. Miles-Cohen and Caroline Signore -- I. The big picture: Health disparities and equity: the intersection of disability, health, and sociodemographic characteristics among women / Margaret A. Nosek ; Access to care: the heart of equity in health care / Marsha Saxton ; Health promotion and disease prevention for women with disabilities / Susan Parish, Monika Mitra, and Lisa Iezzoni -- II. Delivery of care: Achieving equity in the health of women With disabilities through telehealth: challenges and benefits / Anju Khubchandani and Denise Thew ; Reproductive and sexual health for women With disabilities / Caroline Signore ; Oral health of women with disabilities / H. Barry Waldman and Steven P. Perlman -- III. Specific populations: Across the lifecourse: youth and aging with disability / Judy Simms-Cendan and Adam Golden ; Integrated health care for women of color with disabilities / Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo ; We exist: the health and well-being of sexual minority women and trans people with disabilities / Lesley A. Tarasoff ; Parenting with disability: experiences of disabled women / Erin E. Andrews and Kara Ayers ; Integrated primary behavioral health care for women veterans with disabilities / Colleen Clemency Cordes, Linda R. Mona, and LaDonna C. Saxon ; Coming together to end violence against women and girls with disabilities / Julie Williams and Lyndsay Colvin -- IV. Recommendations: An agenda to eliminate inequities / Shari E. Miles-Cohen and Caroline Signore -- Afterword / Gloria L. Krahn.