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 …

The COVID-19 era exposes what was already a crisis in the medical profession: structural
racism, ageism, sexism, classism, and ableism resulting in healthcare disparities for Persons …

More than thirty years since the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
people with disability continue to experience health care disparities. The ADA mandates that …

People with disabilities are often subject to intersecting layers of social and economic
disadvantage and other barriers that drive health inequity. As a result, they frequently …

Background Despite the increasing global population of individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDD), this population remains especially vulnerable to health …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in the delivery
of virtual primary care. Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) have …

Background Patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to
experience poor health outcomes and family physicians receive inadequate training to …

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Background Disability competencies were included, for the first time, in India's new
undergraduate competency-based curriculum as a result of physician-led advocacy in 2019; …

Background The literature suggests that primary care physicians are inadequately educated
in the care of people with disabilities. No study to date has evaluated whether internal …