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Disability and Secondary Conditions

Goal

Introduction

Modifications to Objectives and Subobjectives

Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 Targets

Progress Toward Elimination of Health Disparities

Opportunities and Challenges

Emerging Issues

Progress Quotient Chart

Disparities Table (See below)

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Education

Income and Location

Objectives and Subobjectives

References

Related Objectives From Other Focus Areas

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Disability and Secondary Conditions Focus Area 6

References


1The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the U.S. Survey on Income and Program Participation are still currently available data sources.

2For more information regarding the questions to identify people with disabilities, see U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Tracking Healthy People 2010. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 2000.

3For the purposes of objective 6-7, congregate care is defined as an out-of-home facility in which rotating staff members provide care. These facilities contain 16 or more beds for adults and any number of beds for children.

4Prouty, R., et al. Progress toward a national objective of Healthy People 2010: Reduce to zero the number of children 17 years and younger living in congregate care. American Association of Mental Retardation 43(6):456–460, 2005.

5Hasselbring, T.S., and Glaser, C.H. Use of computer technology to help students with special needs. Future Child 10(2):102–122, 2000.

6Thibodeau, L.M., and Deconde Johnson, C.S. Serving children with hearing loss in public school settings. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Leader, 6–7, 36–38, September 27, 2005. [Newsletter.]

7More information available at www.livingwellweb.com; accessed October 31, 2006.

8Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Health Statistics. Healthy People DATA2010. Fall 2005. Updates available at http://wonder.cdc.gov/DATA2010; accessed October 31, 2006.

9Stapleton, D.C., et al. A Difficult Cycle: The Effect of Labor Market Changes on the
Employment and Program Participation of People with Disabilities
. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 2005.

10Permanency planning is defined as a process undertaken by public and private agencies on behalf of a child with developmental disabilities and their families with the explicit goal of securing a permanent living arrangement that enhances the child's growth and development. Singer, G., and Irvin, L. Support for Caregiving Families: Enabling Positive Adaptation to Disability. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Company, 1989, 44.

11LaPlante, M., et al. Unmet need for personal assistance services: Estimating the shortfall in hours of help and adverse consequences. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 59:S98–S108, 2004.

12Carter, R.C., and Golant, S. Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers. New York, NY: Times Books, 1994.

13More information on the Healthy People 2010 objectives that include people with disabilities available at http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010; accessed October 31, 2006.

14Drum, C.E., et al. Recognizing and responding to the health disparities of people with disabilities. California Journal of Health Promotion 3(3):29–42, 2005.

15HHS. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities. Rockville, MD: HHS, Office of the Surgeon General, 2005. More information available at www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/disabilities/calltoaction/calltoaction.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

16Waldrop, J., and Stern, S. Disability Studies: 2000. Census 2000 Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2003. More information available at www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-17.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

17Executive Order 13347, Federal Register 07/26/04. More information available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-17150.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

18White, G.W., et al. Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Persons with Disabilities. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 2006. More information available at www.rtcil.org/products/NIDRRInterimKatrinaReport.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

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