In this new edition, the editors and contributors update and expand on the educational
framework that was introduced in the first edition for rethinking disability in public health …

The inclusion of disability as an important and far-reaching social factor, and disability
justice as part of any framework of public health ethics, advances successful approaches to …

Disability has been and continues to be communicated to most public health practitioners as
one of the three negative health outcomes, alongside morbidity and mortality, that should be …

Disability is often considered a health outcome disproportionately experienced by minority
groups. It is also possible to view people with disabilities as a minority group that itself …

Disability is a complex term that can be defined and conceptualized in numerous ways.
While the medical model conceptualizes disability as a problem or impairment localized in …

Historically and across societies people with disabilities have been stigmatized and
excluded from social opportunities on a variety of culturally specific grounds. In this …

The authors believe that a coordinated national agenda on health and wellness research
regarding persons with disabilities that (a) focuses disparate national efforts and (b) …

Fifteen percent of the global population currently lives with an impairment, a chronic or a
mental illness that affects their capacity to perform certain social roles. Although …

This chapter introduces readers to social determinants of health, which are recognized in the
USA and globally as the social factors driving health disparities. In short, social determinants …

This fully revised and expanded second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Disability
Studies takes a multidisciplinary approach to disability and provides an authoritative and up …