Wednesday – August 7, 2024
Guests
Director of the Center for Leadership in Disability, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University
Project Manager for the CDC Statewide Disability and Health project at the Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD)
Director of Project Healthy Grandparents and Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgia State University
Description
One of the most important issues for people with disabilities is being able to get the health care they need in their communities.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
“People with disabilities often experience a wide and varying range of health conditions leading to poorer health and shorter lifespan. In addition, discrimination, inequality and exclusionary structural practices, programs, and policies [that] inhibit access to timely and comprehensive health care, which further results in poorer health outcomes.” (Source: NIH designates people with disabilities as a population with health disparities. Web: nih.gov)
This episode features a project from the Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) at Georgia State University, the Georgia Affiliate of the Southeast ADA Center. Their project will educate nurses and other health professionals on providing equitable and inclusive health care services for people with disabilities.
Additional Event
Webinar: Effective Communication in Health Care Settings
August 22, 2024, at 10 am to 11:30 am [Eastern] – attend live or view archive recording.
REGISTER: Effective Communication (August 2024) in 4th Thursday ADA Talks
Source: Southeast ADA Center, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Link: disabilitywebinars.org/archives/ada-talks/effective-communication-health-care
LISTEN
Audio: Episode 132: Nurse’s Guide to the ADA: Understanding Responsibilities in Caring for Patients with Disabilities
Web: soundcloud.com/adalive/episode-132
READ
- Interactive Transcript for Episode 132: Nurse’s Guide to the ADA: Understanding Responsibilities in Caring for Patients with Disabilities
Web: bit.ly/adalive132-captioning - Transcript Episode 132: Nurse’s Guide to the ADA: Understanding Responsibilities in Caring for Patients with Disabilities (PDF file)
EXPLORE
Featured Organization
The Center for Leadership and Disability
The Center for Leadership and Disability, , is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. CLD is housed within the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. The CLD is one of 67 programs in the country funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities US Department of Health and Human Services. Their mission is to translate research into sustainable community practices that contribute to independent, self determined, inclusive and productive lives for people with disabilities and their families. To learn more about CLD, visit their website at cld.gsu.edu