Inclusion of Disability Content in Graduate Public Health Curricula

Akakpo, Carolyn W; Lobianco, Anthony; Lollar, Donald J.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2020.305882

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“…We again underscore the importance of theory-informed inquiry. To surface and disrupt these more insidious ways that ableism informs the research process, training and research institutions must commit to policies and practices that deepen engagement with critical scholarship that challenges traditional and often unarticulated assumptions about disability ( 93 , 94 ). The value of this engagement is illustrated by articles in this review, like Whittle and colleagues ( 79 ), whose theoretical grounding allowed the authors to discuss issues of competency training of social services providers as one path to stigma prevention and address how stigma gets perpetuated and reproduced through the structural operation of benefits provision.…”

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The study of ableism in population health: a critical review

Mannor,

Needham

2024

Front. Public Health

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Over the past three decades, health equity has become a guiding framework for documenting, explaining, and informing the promotion of population health. With these developments, scholars have widened public health’s aperture, bringing systems of oppression sharply into focus. Additionally, some researchers in disability and health have advocated for utilizing socially grounded frameworks to investigate the health of disabled people. Yet, naming ableism, much less operationalizing it for the empirical study of health, remains scant. This paper critically reviews the study of ableism as a social determinant of disabled people’s health within population health research. First, we provide an orientation to the present state of this literature by looking to the past. We briefly trace a history of traditional approaches to studying disability and health and alternatives that have emerged from critiques of the individualized lens that has dominated this work. Next, we delineate the operation of ableism across social levels. We characterize how ableism has been studied in population health in terms of levels of analysis (intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, and structural) and measures of interest. To conclude, we discuss hinderances to and promising avenues toward population health research that advances health equity for disabled people.

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The study of ableism in population health: a critical review

Mannor,

Needham

2024

Front. Public Health

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Public Health Dimensions of Disability

Traci,

Meshesha,

Horner-Johnson

2025

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

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Design and Implementation of a Course to Meet the Demand for a Skilled Public Health Workforce to Address the Needs of People With Disabilities

Minlikeeva,

Przybyla

2024

Pedagogy in Health Promotion

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People with disabilities experience a higher burden of chronic diseases compared to people with no disabilities. To emphasize the importance of addressing health-related disparities affecting this population, multiple objectives of Healthy People 2030 focus on people with disabilities. Accomplishing these objectives requires a culturally competent public health workforce knowledgeable about the health issues and health-related factors affecting people with disabilities and evidence-based public health strategies for effective interventions. To prepare future public health professionals to be a part of efforts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, we developed and implemented a course on disability which was offered as an upper-level elective to students pursuing undergraduate training in public health. We structured the course around selected objectives of Healthy People 2030 and evidence-based strategies mapped to these objectives. The course framework allows for the development of proficiency and competency in these areas through learning about the basic disability-related terms, health issues, health-related behaviors, and social determinants of health affecting people with disabilities. We also aligned the course with the specific accreditation criteria outlined by the Council on Education for Public Health and disability competencies. There is an urgent need for future public health professionals to understand the challenges experienced by people with disabilities and be able to address them. Designing and implementing courses meeting the accreditation criteria and aligned with the national public health objectives could help strengthen the appropriate knowledge and skills of the future public health workforce.

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Inclusion of Disability Content in Graduate Public Health Curricula

Cited by 3 publications

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The study of ableism in population health: a critical review

The study of ableism in population health: a critical review

Public Health Dimensions of Disability

Design and Implementation of a Course to Meet the Demand for a Skilled Public Health Workforce to Address the Needs of People With Disabilities

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