A5001955761- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Health Care Issues
- Family Support in Illness
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Disability Education and Employment
- Discrimination and Equality Law
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Ethics in medical practice
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Community Development and Social Impact
Bradley University
2020-2022
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2015-2016
University of Missouri–St. Louis
2007-2014
Washington University in St. Louis
2005
Purpose Over the past two decades, healthcare systems have shifted to adopt a more holistic, patient-centered care system. However, operationalization in practice remains challenging. Two frameworks contributed substantially transformation toward holistic and care: International Classification of Functioning, Disability Health (ICF) capability approach (CA). Using these jointly can contribute improved clinical practice.Methods This article explores strengths weaknesses use investigates...
As disability rates increase more social workers will require greater preparation to practice effectively with individuals disabilities. The Capability approach and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability Health provide helpful tools for worker training. capability emphasizes need assess what are able do in their real-life environments (capabilities) rather than capacity or functional status. ICF provides disability-related terminology an actual classification assist...
Health promotion is an issue comprised of complex and multi-layered concepts that involves a process enabling people to increase control over improve their health. The aims applications the World Organization's International Classification Functioning, Disability (ICF), with its focus on components functioning, activities participation, environmental factors are salient health education efforts. For individuals or without disabilities, occurs within community in which they reside influenced...
The COVID-19 pandemic provides the opportunity to re-think health policies and systems approaches by adoption of a biopsychosocial perspective, thus acting on environmental factors so as increase facilitators diminish barriers. Specifically, vulnerable people should not face discrimination because their vulnerability in allocation care or life-sustaining treatments. Adoption model helps identify key elements where act effects pandemics. showed us that barriers organization affect mostly...
This study utilizes a stress and coping framework which includes cognitive appraisal, personal environmental resources, to examine factors related African-American caregivers' breast cancer screenings, including mammograms, clinical examinations self-examinations.Using data from the Black Rural Urban Caregivers Mental Health Functioning Study, we performed separate logistic regressions for each type of screening.Results reveal that having regular doctor checkup (coping), care recipients...
Women with disabilities experience significant disparities in accessing breast health services. Many studies have focused on barriers, but few explored facilitators to improving This study used a participatory-research approach involving women physical, mobility, sensory, and developmental explore barriers affecting the access quality of Findings confirmed commonly cited including attitudinal, environmental, financial, structural issues also identified multiple such as enhancing...
Abstract Research on asset accumulation among the population of people with disabilities is quite limited. Previous work indicates that have significantly fewer assets than without disabilities. development suggests in general, individuals lower income tiers are able to save and holding has a positive relationship general personal well being, economic security, civic behavior community involvement. Many living chronic poverty. For those who unable work, difficult. Without significant...
Journal Article Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in Social Work Settings Get access Patricia Welch Saleeby Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar & Work, Volume 36, Issue 4, November 2011, Pages 303–305, https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/36.4.303 Published: 01 2011 history Received: 14 April Accepted: 25