Background Health care providers are unprepared to meet the health needs of patients who
have disabilities. Disability training is needed, yet there is little agreement about what should …

People with disabilities make up the largest minority population in the country, yet our health
care workforce is unprepared to meet their needs. Two initiatives–and the Alliance for …

According to the World Report on Disability, physicians worldwide generally lack training
about caring for persons with disabilities, thus frequently compromising their health care …

Abstract People with disabilities constitute 22.2% of the population in the United States, and
virtually all physicians have people with disabilities in their clinical practice across a wide …

Background Health worker training on disability is a recognized component of achieving
high standards of health for people with disabilities, given that health worker's lack of …

Background Lack of knowledge and skills, and negative attitudes towards patients with
disabilities, may adversely affect the services available to this group and negatively affect …

Nearly one-fifth of the US population has a disability, and many of these Americans
experience disparities in the health care they receive. In part, these health care disparities …

Objectives Individuals with disabilities experience significant health care disparities due to a
multitude of barriers to effective care, which include a lack of adequate physician training on …

The problems adults with disabilities face obtaining quality primary care services are
persistent and undermine national efforts to improve the health status of this group. Efforts to …

The training of health care providers has been identified as key to resolving the health
disparities experienced by persons with disabilities. We contend that: 1) cultural competency …