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Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study
The Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990; since then research has shown that people with disabilities continue to experience barriers to health care. The purpose of this study was to compare utilization of preventive services, chronic disease rates, and engagement in health risk behavi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23121746 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p99 |
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author | Pharr, Jennifer R. Bungum, Tim |
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description | The Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990; since then research has shown that people with disabilities continue to experience barriers to health care. The purpose of this study was to compare utilization of preventive services, chronic disease rates, and engagement in health risk behaviors of participants with differing severities of disabilities to those without disabilities. This study was a secondary analysis of 2010 data collected in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System national survey in the United States. Rao Chi square test and logistic regression were employed. Participants with disabilities had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for all chronic diseases, for physical inactivity, obesity and smoking. They were significantly more likely to participate in some preventive services (flu/pneumonia vaccination, HIV test) and significantly less likely to participate in other preventive services (mammogram, Pap test). Our findings suggest that people with disabilities are less able to fully participate in all preventive services offered. |
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spelling | pubmed-47769602016-04-21 Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study Pharr, Jennifer R. Bungum, Tim Glob J Health Sci Articles The Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990; since then research has shown that people with disabilities continue to experience barriers to health care. The purpose of this study was to compare utilization of preventive services, chronic disease rates, and engagement in health risk behaviors of participants with differing severities of disabilities to those without disabilities. This study was a secondary analysis of 2010 data collected in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System national survey in the United States. Rao Chi square test and logistic regression were employed. Participants with disabilities had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for all chronic diseases, for physical inactivity, obesity and smoking. They were significantly more likely to participate in some preventive services (flu/pneumonia vaccination, HIV test) and significantly less likely to participate in other preventive services (mammogram, Pap test). Our findings suggest that people with disabilities are less able to fully participate in all preventive services offered. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012-11 2012-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4776960/ /pubmed/23121746 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p99 Text en Copyright: © Canadian Center of Science and Education http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Articles Pharr, Jennifer R. Bungum, Tim Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study |
title | Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study |
title_full | Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study |
title_fullStr | Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study |
title_short | Health Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study |
title_sort | health disparities experienced by people with disabilities in the united states: a behavioral risk factor surveillance system study |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23121746 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p99 |
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