A CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention-published policy brief. Provides guidance and resources for integrating CHW into community-based efforts to prevent chronic disease. Provides general information on CHW in the U.S., then details the value and impact of CHW in preventing and managing a variety of chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Provides descriptions of CHW chronic disease programs, examples of state legislative action, recommendations of policies for building an integrated and sustainable CHW workforce, and resources that can assist state health departments in working with CHW.
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NCHAM Brief: Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing?
This fact sheet provides an overview of some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that help improve access to coverage and care for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
State policy and practice regarding substance abuse treatment services for Medicaid recipients with disabilities
Substance abuse treatment services for people with disabilities: Does managed care prompt innovation?
Medicaid managed care, substance abuse treatment and people with disabilities: Review of the literature
Cross-Disability Experiences of Barriers to Health Care Access: Consumer Perspectives
This article was published in the Journal of Disability Policy Studies in 2006. The article presents the results of a series of focus groups with people with disabilities, in which a cross-disability, lifespan perspective of disability was used.
Provider Perceptions of Their Capacity to Offer Accessible Health Care for People with Disabilities
This article was published in the Journal of Disability Policy Studies in 2006. The purpose of this article is to provide preliminary data about the results of a comprehensive survey of providers regarding their perceptions of access to health care for people with a broad range of disabilities.
Variations in Provider Capacity to Offer Accessible Health Care for People with Disabilities
This article was published in the Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation in 2007. In this article, results from a comprehensive survey of providers about access to health care for people with a broad range of disabilities are reported.