Disability in America : toward a national agenda for prevention / Andrew M. Pope and Alvin R. Tarlov, editors ; Committee on a National Agenda for the Prevention of Disabilities, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a National Agenda for the Prevention of Disabilities.

Contributor:

Pope, Andrew MacPherson, 1950-

Tarlov, Alvin R. (Alvin Richard), 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic diseases--United States--Prevention.

Chronic diseases.

People with disabilities--United States.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Disability in America presents a five-prong strategy for reducing the incidence and prevalence of disability as well as its personal, social, and economic consequences. Although the preferred goal is to avoid potentially disabling conditions, the authoring committee focuses on the need to prevent or reverse the progression that leads to disability and reduced quality of life in persons with potentially disabling conditions. Calling for a coherent national program to focus on prevention, the committee sets forth specific recommendations for federal agencies, state and local programs, and the private sector. This comprehensive agenda addresses the need for improved methods for collecting disability data, specific research questions, directions for university training, reform in insurance coverage, prenatal care, vocational training, and a host of other arenas for action.

Contents:

""DISABILITY IN AMERICA""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO DISABILITY PREVENTION""; ""A Model of Disability""; ""Risk Factors""; ""Quality of Life""; ""The Disabling Process""; ""Developmental Disabilities""; ""Injury-Related Disabilities""; ""Disabilities Associated with Chronic Disease and Aging""; ""Secondary Conditions Associated with Disability""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Organization and Coordination""; ""Leadership of the National Disability Prevention Program""; ""Advisory Committee""

""Interagency Coordination and Periodic Review""""Surveillance""; ""Conceptual Framework""; ""A National Disability Surveillance System""; ""Research""; ""Coordinated Research Program""; ""Longitudinal Studies""; ""Relationship of Socioeconomic Status""; ""Interventions""; ""Access to Care and Preventive Services""; ""Accessible, Affordable Quality Care""; ""Access to Vocational Services""; ""Professional and Public Education""; ""Education of Professionals""; ""Education of Persons with Disabilities and Their Families, Personal Attendants, and Advocates""; ""1 Introduction""

""DISABILITY: DEFINITION AND CONCEPT""""PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISABILITY PREVENTION""; ""A Life Course Perspective""; ""SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""2 Magnitude and Dimensions of Disability in the United States""; ""DATA SOURCES""; ""The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)""; ""The ICD Survey of Disabled Americans""; ""Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)""; ""National Long-Term Care Surveys (NLTCS)""; ""Supplement on Aging (SOA) and Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA)""; ""PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY""; ""NHIS Activity Limitation Data""; ""Other Perspectives""

""TRENDS IN THE PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY""""CONDITIONS LEADING TO DISABILITY""; ""LIFE TABLE PERSPECTIVE""; ""ECONOMIC COST OF DISABILITY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""3 A Model for Disability and Disability Prevention ""; ""CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK""; ""Pathology""; ""Impairment""; ""Functional Limitation""; ""Disability""; ""MODEL OF DISABILITY""; ""Risk Factors""; ""Biological Factors""; ""Environmental Factors""; ""Lifestyle and Behavioral Factors""; ""Quality of Life""; ""The Disabling Process""; ""Health Status""; ""Psychological Status""; ""Socioeconomic Status""

""Educational Status and Vocational Training""""Climate""; ""Multiplicity of Conditions and Disabilities""; ""THE NEED FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""Data Needs""; ""Risk Factors""; ""The Need for Surveillance""; ""The Need for Priorities""; ""APPLYING TRADITIONAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO DISABILITY""; ""Primary Prevention""; ""Secondary Prevention""; ""Tertiary Prevention""; ""4 Prevention of Developmental Disabilities ""; ""PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE""; ""Epidemiology of Developmental Disabilities""; ""Hereditary Disorders""; ""Early Alterations of Embryonic Development""

""Late Pregnancy or Perinatal Conditions""

Notes:

Report of a study undertaken by the Committee on a National Agenda for the Prevention of Disabilities.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610212132

9781280212130

1280212136

9780309582919

0309582911

9780585025353

0585025355

OCLC:

923260459