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Association between perceived discrimination and healthcare-seeking behavior in people with a disability
(Elsevier, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Experiences of discrimination lead people from vulnerable groups to avoid medical healthcare. It is yet to be known if such experiences affect people with disabilities (PWD) in the same manner. OBJECTIVES: To ...
"Knocking on Doors that Don't Open": experiences of caregivers of children living with disabilities in Iquitos and Lima, Peru.
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)
Background: More than one billion people worldwide live with a disability. Despite advances in recognising inequalities experienced by people with disabilities, barriers to services and stigmatisation still exist. The aims ...
Inequalities in access to health care for people with disabilities in Chile: the limits of universal health coverage
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
We analysed cross-sectional data collected as part of the National Socioeconomic Characterisation Survey (2013) in Chile, in order to explore if there are differences in access to health care between adult Chileans with ...
Perspectives of intellectual disability in Latin American countries: epidemiology, policy, and services for children and adults
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009-09-01)
Purpose of reviewThe prevalence of intellectual disability is an estimated 1-4% worldwide. Etiological factors such as malnutrition, lack of perinatal care, and exposure to toxic and infectious agents, which are more common ...
Disaster risk perception in urban contexts and for people with disabilities: case study on the city of Iquique (Chile)
(Springer, 2017)
About 15% of the world’s population suffers from some kind of disability. Inaddition to experiencing high rates of poverty, exclusion and lack of access to education,employment, health care, legal support and other services, ...
Physical disability and hospitalization in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Cadernos Saude PublicaRio De JanieroBrasil, 2013)
Perspectives on family caregiving of people aging with intellectual disability affected by dementia: Commentary from the International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia
(2018-05-19)
This article, an output of the 2016 International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia, examines familial caregiving situations within the context of a support-staging model for adults with intellectual disability ...
Disability as a determinant of access to health care services in Colombia
(Universidad del RosarioMaestría en EconomíaFacultad de Economía, 2012)
The relationship between disability and poverty has been described in different contexts. Nevertheless, the basic characteristics of this relationship have not yet been fully established. The social exclusion and discrimination ...