Community Engagement in Health Care: An Approach to Improve Health Care Access for People with Disabilities

Authors

  • Dianne Sabat University of Washington
  • Michael Richardson University of Washington
  • Kathe F. Matrone University of Washington
  • Darrin Umbarger Clearview MDRC
  • Angela Weaver Oregon Health Science University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v37i3.5254

Keywords:

Health Services Accessibility, Accommodation, Disabilities, health care, health disparities

Abstract

People with disabilities (PWD) experience significant health disparities, at least partly due to difficulties accessing health care. These difficulties are multi-focal, including difficulties with transportation, effective communication, physical accessibility, and provider attitudes. Community engagement offers one method for working with local communities around health care access for PWD. By engaging PWD and the local infrastructure (e.g., providers, government, transportation, advocates), unique solutions are generated and awareness in the community is increased. We describe the use of our approach "Community Engagement in Health Care" with one such Oregon community.

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Published

2017-08-31

How to Cite

Sabat, D., Richardson, M., Matrone, K. F., Umbarger, D., & Weaver, A. (2017). Community Engagement in Health Care: An Approach to Improve Health Care Access for People with Disabilities. Disability Studies Quarterly, 37(3). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v37i3.5254

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 3 (2017): Summer 2017

Section

Sustenance and Sustainability

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Copyright (c) 2017 Dianne Sabat, Michael Richardson, Kathe F. Matrone, Darrin Umbarger, Angela Weaver. All rights reserved. By author request, this article is excluded from Creative Commons licensing

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