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Lollar, Donald J.; Andresen, Elena M.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7341-2_1

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“…With the increase in life expectancy in most countries in the world, the challenge of ageing populations with disability has become a pressing global health issue [ 40 ]. Elders with disability suffer not only disability but also the health-related problems caused by ageing, including physical, psychological, and social function degeneration [ 41 ]. As our results indicated, elder caregivers, most of whom are PWD’s parents, must provide both physical and financial support for their disabled children, which becomes more demanding and difficult as ageing occurs.…”

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Comparison of attitudes toward disability and people with disability among caregivers, the public, and people with disability: findings from a cross-sectional survey

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BackgroundA negative attitude toward disability is one of the potential barriers for people with disability (PWD) to achieve social equality. Although numerous studies have investigated attitudes toward disability, few have evaluated personal attitudes toward disability among PWD, and made comparisons with attitudes of healthy respondents. This study was to investigate and compare the attitudes of PWD, caregivers, and the public toward disability and PWD in China, to identify discrepancies in attitude among the three groupsand to examine potential influencing factors of attitude within each group.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 2912 PWD, 507 caregivers, and 354 members of the public in Guangzhou, China. Data were collected on participants’ socio-demographic information and personal attitudes toward disability using the Attitude to Disability Scale (ADS). ANOVA and ANCOVA were applied to compare the level of attitude among the three groups. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were used to investigate the relationship between each background factor and attitude within each group.ResultsOver 90 % of caregivers were PWD’s family members. After controlling the socio-demographic characteristics, caregivers had the lowest total scores of ADS (caregivers: 47.7; PWD: 52.3; the public: 50.5). Caregivers who had taken care of PWD for longer durations of time had a more negative attitude toward disability. In contrast, PWD who had been disabled for longer times had a more positive attitude toward disability.ConclusionsThe current national social security system of China does not adequately support PWD’s family-member caregivers who may need assistance coping with their life with PWDs. More research is needed, and the development of a new health-care model for PWD is warranted.

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Comparison of attitudes toward disability and people with disability among caregivers, the public, and people with disability: findings from a cross-sectional survey

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“…Individuals with learning disabilities are perhaps the largest underserved population globally experiencing inequities in health access and outcomes. 8 The oral health of people with learning disabilities is recognized as being poor compared with the general population. 9 Research has identified that caries levels are sometimes higher in this group than in people without a disability.…”

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Impact of Dental Health Education on “Specific Learning Needs” Children

Relwani¹,

Kiran

Bhatt³

et al. 2016

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

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Introduction: This article compares and evaluates the effect of dental health education through schoolteachers and dental health professionals to “specific learning needs” children attending special school.Materials and methods: A total of 71 “specific learning needs” children attending special school participated in the study. The baseline oral hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S) for all the participants was recorded. The training of schoolteachers was done using audiovisual and verbal methods on dental health facts and how to provide instructions on oral hygiene measures for reinforcing to the students. The students were randomly divided into three groups: Group 1 – No further dental health education by the schoolteachers or by the dental professionals was given to these students after the initial oral health education. Group 2 – In this group, the trained teachers taught students about the importance of oral health and demonstrated them brushing technique at intervals of 15 days, 1 month and 3 months. Group 3 – The dental professionals imparted dental health education and also demonstrated brushing techniques to these students at intervals of 15 days, 1 month and 3 months. Six months following the intervention a second examination was done to find out the OHI-S scores. Data analysis were done with Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical test.Results: Group 2 demonstrated significant decline in OHI-S scores after intervention and all the three groups showed a statistically significant difference between the baseline OHI-S score and the scores after 6 months.Conclusion: Schoolteachers can be utilized for reinforcing dental health education among “specific learning needs” children effectively.How to cite this article: Relwani AH, Kiran S, Bhatt R, Patel M. Impact of Dental Health Education on “Specific Learning Needs” Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2016;9(1):31-34.

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“…Recently developed public health disability textbooks are available to provide course content. 18,19 The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, and the Association of Accredited Public Health Programs might be able to help identify experts among their membership who can teach public health disability course content. While start-up resources for developing staff expertise and implementing disability and health course-work are limited, they might be available through partnerships or competitive funding opportunities (eg, CDC-RFA-DD07-702).…”

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Disability Within US Public Health School and Program Curricula

Sinclair

Tanenhaus

Courtney-Long

et al. 2015

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Objective To describe the percentage of US public health schools and programs offering graduate-level courses with disability content as a potential baseline measurement for Healthy People 2020 objective DH-3 and compare the percentage of public health schools that offered disability coursework in 1999 with those in 2011. Design In 2011, using SurveyMonkey.com, cross-sectional information was collected from the deans, associate deans, directors, or chairpersons of master of public health–granting public health schools and programs that were accredited and listed with the Council on Education for Public Health. Two rounds of follow-up were conducted at 4-month intervals by e-mails and phone calls to program contacts who had not responded. The responses from schools and programs were calculated and compared. Results There were 78 responses (34 schools and 44 programs) for a response rate of 63%. Fifty percent of public health schools and programs offered some disability content within their graduate-level courses. A greater percentage of schools than programs (71% vs 34%; P = .003) offered some graduate-level disability coursework within their curricula. The percentage of schools that offered disability coursework was similar in 1999 and 2011. Conclusion This assessment provides a potential baseline measurement for Healthy People 2020 objective DH-3. Future assessments should focus on clarifying disability content within courses and identifying capacity to offering disability training within public health schools and programs.

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Comparison of attitudes toward disability and people with disability among caregivers, the public, and people with disability: findings from a cross-sectional survey

Comparison of attitudes toward disability and people with disability among caregivers, the public, and people with disability: findings from a cross-sectional survey

Impact of Dental Health Education on “Specific Learning Needs” Children

Disability Within US Public Health School and Program Curricula

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