Lollar Donald J., Andersen Elena M. (eds.) Public Health Perspectives on Disability

Springer Science & Business Media, 2010. — 261 p.Traditionally, the public health viewpoint on disability was geared toward primary prevention of disabling conditions or events. More recently, with the movement for disability rights and the emergence of disability studies, the challenge to the field has been to promote positive health outcomes in this underserved community. Such a change in public health culture must start at the educational level, yet training programs have generally been slow in integrating this perspective—with its potential for enriching the field—into their curricula. Public Health Perspectives on Disability meets this challenge with an educational framework for rethinking disability in public health study and practice, and for attaining the competencies that should accompany this knowledge. This reference balances history and epidemiology, scientific advances, advocacy and policy issues, real-world insights, and progressive recommendations, suiting it especially to disability-focused courses, or to add disability-related content to existing public health programs. Each chapter applies awareness and understanding of disabled persons’ experience to one of the core curriculum areas, including: Health services administration, Environmental health science and occupational health, Health law and ethics, The school as physical setting, Maternal, child, and family health, Disasters and disability. In Public Health Perspectives on Disability, faculty, researchers, administrators, and students in graduate schools of public health throughout the U.S. will find a worthy classroom text and a robust source of welcome—and much needed—change.ForewordAbout the AuthorsDonald J. Lollar and Elena M. AndresenDisciplines
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Elena M. Andresen
Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Health
Paul Devereaux and Charlie Bullock
Disability in the Health Services Curriculum
Carol Tobias
Environmental Health and Disability
Donald J. Lollar
Part III Key Cross-Cutting Areas
Disability and Health Inequity
Dennis G. Heaphy, Monika Mitra, and Erin D. Bouldin
Disability and Maternal and Child Health
Debbie Allen
Aging, Disability, and Public Health
John Crews
Disability and International Health
Mary Chamie
Disability Issues in Health Care Ethics and Law in
Public Health Curriculum
Jerome E. Bickenbach
Section 504 the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans
Disabilities Act in Public Health Education
Dennis G. Heaphy