Changing the Paradigm in Public Health and Disability through a Knowledge Translation Center

Vanderbom, Kerri A.; Eisenberg, Yochai; Tubbs, Allison; Washington, Teneasha; Martínez, Alex X.

doi:10.3390/ijerph15020328

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“…Although the pandemic continues to have an impact on all people living in the United States, research shows that people with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic and the subsequent social distancing orders across the country ( 2 ). Despite this fact, the experiences of people with disabilities are regularly disregarded by public health experts and policymakers ( 3 ). The disproportional effects on health and health care that people with disabilities are experiencing may very well represent the most prominent and least publicly recognized crisis that Americans are facing at this time ( 4 ).…”

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Examining the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Distancing on the Health of People With Mobility Disabilities

Goddard

Schulz

Nzuki

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveTo understand the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the health and participation of people with mobility disabilities living in the community.MethodsParticipants responded to a survey designed to assess the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on their health and access to health care. Participants identified if various life situations were worsened, unchanged, or improved during the pandemic. Participants could provide further information on their improved or worsened lived experience in open-ended questions.ResultsA total of 39 people with mobility disabilities responded to the survey. Results indicate that many experienced a worsening of life situations related to health, including access to medications, health care services, and transportation.ConclusionsResults show that many experiences were caused by the lack of appropriate policies, rather than the pandemic itself. Therefore, there is a need to modify pandemic preparedness plans and other policies to meet the needs of people with disabilities.

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confidence: 99%

Examining the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Distancing on the Health of People With Mobility Disabilities

Goddard

Schulz

Nzuki

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…One out of 7 studies in Phase II used knowledge-to-action (KTA) as the preferred terminology to refer to KT [ 21 ]. All other studies used KT, with one study using KT in combination with two new terms: knowledge adoption and knowledge scale - up [ 22 ]. In combination with Phase I, existing literature would suggest prominent usage of the term KT to describe the research dissemination process in health research.…”

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Access to health knowledge for health equality: a multi-phase review focused on disability-health

2024

Int J Equity Health

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Background The existing evidence base indicates increased interest in knowledge translation (KT), or, the dissemination of research to ensure uptake and impact. Given this definition, this study aimed to review existing scholarship on knowledge translation (KT) of health research to people living with disabilities (PLWD), and assess the current state of accessibility of health knowledge for people living with disabilities. Methods Given existing heterogeneity in literature as well as a number of varying definitions for both disability and knowledge translation, a reflexive, three-phase approach was utilized to improve methodological soundness. Phase I recognizes that existing review-style studies have been conducted on disability-KT. An existing systematic review on KT specific to the field of rehabilitation and physical medicine was analyzed to assess potential best practices towards inclusivity and accessibility for people living with disability. Phase II used the Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR) database as an information-source with high-specificity to disability-health KT. Phase III sought to rapidly assess the current landscape of systematic reviews relevant to disability-health KT, with four systematic reviews meeting the inclusion criteria across Cochrane, Psycinfo, CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE. Results The current landscape of disability-health KT is primarily targeted at health professionals who serve PLWD. PLWD are included in KT, mostly as key informants, or as study participants in KT-studies designed as health interventions. Multiple systematic reviews on disability-health KT exist, presenting vastly different foci which prevent assessment of best practices. Conclusions KT efforts are abundant and can be seen across health research related to disabilities, generating considerable literature and systematic reviews. With regards to meeting the public health objective of equalizing and enhancing access to health knowledge, future knowledge translation efforts intending to provide PLWD with up-to-date health research can be of significant value.

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“…Although several years have passed since the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [1] was enacted by the United Nations, the employment rate for this group of people is still much lower in most European and world countries when compared with social demographics [2,3]. Inequalities also relate to access to healthcare [4] or disproportions in the level of future retirement benefits [5], in particular for people with disabilities from older age groups [6]. The results of many scientific studies indicate that one of the reasons for this may be poor knowledge of the specificity of different types of disability in societies, and as a result, an unfavourable social perception of such people.…”

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Measurement of Factors Affecting the Perception of People with Disabilities in the Workplace

Załuska

Grześkowiak

Kozyra

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The issue of employing people with disabilities is crucial from both a social and economic perspective, and is often influenced by the social perception of this group of people. In this article, we attempted to examine attitudes towards the disabled in eight European countries by using one of the most popular tools that measures the perception of such people in everyday life—the Attitudes to Disability Scale (ADS) developed by the WHOQOL Group. We checked the general attitude towards disability according to the ADS scale and the specific perception of disability in the workplace using a scale created ad hoc. The research was conducted in 2019 using the CAWI (computer-assisted web interview) method on representative samples of Internet users, whereas the analysis methods included the measurement reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM). The obtained results allow for the acceptance of the measurement model of the ADS scale in the societies of the analyzed countries. No significant differences were found between models created for people with a disability experience (a group from the WHOQOL Group research) and without such experience. The measurement using the original ADS scale factor structure is of good reliability, whereas CFA is of good fit. We also examined the impact of ADS scale factors on the perception of people with disabilities in the workplace using the SEM model, and obtained good fit of the model. The results show that the dimensions of perception, such as inclusion, discrimination and prospects, affect the evaluation of people with disabilities in the workplace.

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Changing the Paradigm in Public Health and Disability through a Knowledge Translation Center

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Examining the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Distancing on the Health of People With Mobility Disabilities

Examining the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Distancing on the Health of People With Mobility Disabilities

Access to health knowledge for health equality: a multi-phase review focused on disability-health

Measurement of Factors Affecting the Perception of People with Disabilities in the Workplace

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