Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism
of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and …

Objective: Identify the environmental factors that influence stroke-survivors' reengagement in
personally valued activities and determine what specific environmental factors are related to …

The positive effect of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of many chronic
diseases and age-related disabilities, such as mobility-disability, are widely accepted …

The built environment and social cohesion are increasingly recognized as being associated
with older adults' quality of life (QoL). However, limited research in this area still exists and …

Colver A, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, McManus V, Michelsen
SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Dickinson HO. Association between participation in life situations …

La discapacidad es un problema de salud pública preocupante debido al incremento que
ha tenido su prevalencia en los últimos años. Recientemente han ocurrido cambios en la …

This article considers the conceptualization and operationalization of “social environment”
and “social context” with implications for research and practice with children and youth with …

Aging and urbanization significantly impact the physical and mental well-being of the elderly
population. Empirical investigations have highlighted the contribution of the built …

The ascendance of the World Health Organization's International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Heath (ICF) as the global standard for describing and …

Objectives To describe methods used in operationalizing environmental factors; to describe
the results of a research project to develop measures of environmental factors that affect …