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Health Disparities Between Women With and Without Disabilities: A Review of the Research
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Health Disparities Between Women With and Without Disabilities: A Review of the Research

Jennifer P Wisdom, Marjorie G McGee, Willi Horner-Johnson, Yvonne L Michael, Elizabeth Adams and Michelle Berlin
Social work in public health, v 25(3-4), pp 368-386
28 Apr 2010
PMID: 20446182
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https://doi.org/10.1080/19371910903240969View
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Abstract

Disability mental retardation health disparities chronic disease mental health women's health cancer preventive screening blindness, hearing impairment
As part of a women's health center project, we reviewed 16 years of research to examine health disparities between women with and without disabilities. We reviewed MEDLINE-indexed articles between 1990 and 2005 with data on women with and without physical, sensory, intellectual, developmental, or psychiatric disabilities. Our review found few articles examining health disparities in chronic disease, cancer, mental health and substance abuse, preventive screening, health-promoting behaviors, and health services utilization. Results reflect apparent health disparities between women with and without disabilities. Challenges for the field exist in standardizing disability definitions and determining a future course for health disparity research and policy.

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