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Disability and Health Disability Barriers CDC

(1 days ago) Physical barriers are structural obstacles in natural or manmade environments that prevent or block mobility (moving around in the environment) or access. Examples of physical barriers include: 1. Steps and curbs that block a person with mobility impairmentfrom entering a building or using a sidewalk; … See more

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability-barriers.html

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ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS

(5 days ago) WEBAccess to healthcare means having “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes.”1 Access to comprehensive, quality healthcare services is …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578537/

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Access to Health Services - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(8 days ago) WEBThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) define access to health care as the “timely use of personal health …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/access-health-services

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Barriers to the access of people with disabilities to health services

(3 days ago) WEBEconomic, territory, and infrastructure aspects are barriers that greatly impact on users’ access to health services; and the lack of training of professionals, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239543/

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Health Care Access CDC

(2 days ago) WEBIndicators. This document provides guidance for measuring five indicators related to health care access that influence inequities in access to and use of health …

https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/health_equity/health-care-access.htm

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Advancing Health Equity, Eliminating Health Disparities, and …

(7 days ago) WEBAdvancing health equity and eliminating health disparities have been and continue to be critical factors to PCD in addressing these topic areas. Healthy People 2020 defines …

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2021/21_0264.htm

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MODERNIZING HEALTH CARE TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL …

(3 days ago) WEBAlthough individuals with all types of disability experience barriers to health care, most of the content in this primer focuses on individuals with mobility-related disabilities, since …

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/cmsmodernizinghealthcare.pdf

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Health equity for persons with disabilities: a global scoping review …

(4 days ago) WEBMany included articles covered the financial barriers of healthcare access for persons with disabilities (61.4%), with these barriers being disproportionately …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644565/

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DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE HEALTH SERVICES TOOLKIT - World …

(7 days ago) WEBHow to address physical barriers to health service access in your facility 45 Checklist: Physical accessibility audit 47. Module 4. Communication barriers – Providing disability …

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/336857/9789290618928-eng.pdf

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How To Improve Physical Accessibility at Your Health Care …

(9 days ago) WEBImproving physical access to health care services is essential to achieving health equity. Designed for health care providers, staff, and administrators in outpatient settings, this …

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/physical-accessibility-booklet.pdf

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‘I Am Not The Doctor For You’: Physicians - Health Affairs

(Just Now) WEBPeople with disabilities face barriers when attempting to gain access to health care settings. Using qualitative analysis of three physician focus groups, we …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00475

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Increasing the Physical Accessibility of Health Care Facilities

(6 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its health care programs offer important resources to help improve the physical accessibility of health care …

https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/OMH/Downloads/Issue-Brief-Physical-AccessibilityBrief.pdf

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Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

(Just Now) WEBHealth system: Persons with disabilities face barriers in all aspects of the health system. For example, a lack of knowledge, negative attitudes and discriminatory …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health

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Breaking barriers towards more equitable health systems for …

(9 days ago) WEBBreaking barriers towards more equitable health systems for everyone. Every day, millions of people, often from the most marginalized populations in society, struggle to access …

https://www.who.int/activities/breaking-barriers-towards-more-equitable-health-systems-for-everyone

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Social Determinants of Health - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(4 days ago) WEBSocial determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health

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Disability Inclusion as a Cornerstone for Health Equity

(3 days ago) WEBA disability can be defined as a physical or mental impairment that greatly limits one or more major life activities including eating, breathing, walking, working, or …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/disability-inclusion/index.html

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Disability and Health health.gov

(4 days ago) WEBThe Affordable Care Act built on this work by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect additional data about people with disabilities—and …

https://health.gov/our-work/national-health-initiatives/healthy-people/healthy-people-2020/healthy-people-2020-law-and-health-policy/disability-and-health

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DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality …

(5 days ago) WEBA healthcare disparity is a difference between population groups in the way they access, experience, and receive healthcare. Factors that influence healthcare disparities …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578532/

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The Structural Challenges of Geographic Barriers to Healthcare

(Just Now) WEBPhysical location affects how and how much healthcare access individuals can get. The study of these location-based, geographic barriers, in our contemporary …

https://healersandpatients.web.unc.edu/2024/04/the-structural-challenges-of-geographic-barriers-to-healthcare/

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Envisioning a Better U.S. Health Care System for All: Reducing …

(8 days ago) WEBThe American College of Physicians (ACP) has long advocated for universal access to high-quality health care in the United States. Yet, it is essential that the U.S. …

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M19-2410

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Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of …

(8 days ago) WEBDespite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine …

https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

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What is health equity? How the idea grew – and why it matters

(9 days ago) WEBNo matter how you look at health equity, the conversation involves contradictions. But at its core are fundamental questions about illness and health, say …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/04/24/what-is-health-equity-how-the-idea-grew-and-why-it-matters

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Ensuring Access to Health Care for Patients With Disabilities

(3 days ago) WEBPatients with disabilities face barriers when they attempt to access health care. 1 These barriers include physical barriers to entering health care establishments, lack of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4545487/

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Identifying barriers and facilitators to primary care practitioners

(8 days ago) WEBIntroduction People with intellectual disability experience poorer health outcomes compared with the general population, partly due to the difficulties of …

https://implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s43058-024-00579-8

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Characteristics, outcomes, facilitators and barriers for psychosocial

(2 days ago) WEBThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines state that psychosocial interventions should be the first line of treatment for people with dementia …

https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-024-04965-8

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Barriers to healthcare access among U.S. adults with mental health

(3 days ago) WEBThe aims of this study were two-fold: quantify the prevalence of barriers to healthcare access among U.S. adults with and without MHC, and evaluate the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8214217/

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Study: Disparities in access to in-network behavioral health care

(Just Now) WEBPatients went out-of-network 3.5 times more often to see a behavioral health clinician than a medical/surgical clinician in 2021, and up to 20 times more often for …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-04-18-study-disparities-access-network-behavioral-health-care-pervasive

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