Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Keywords
Disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Affordable Care Act, Healthy People, Health Disparities, Health Data, Wellness, Public Health, Health Care Access, Disability Discrimination
Abstract
Ensuring that the almost 60 million Americans with disabilities live as healthy and independent lives as possible is an important goal for our nation. This evidence-based report highlights efforts to better use law and policy to support and protect people with disabilities. Specifically, it examines how existing federal laws and policies could be leveraged by states, communities, and other sectors to reduce barriers to primary and preventive care; reduce barriers to local health and wellness programs; increase access to leisure, social, or community activities (and indirectly, to religious activities) for individuals with disabilities; and generate better disability data needed to inform and support efforts to reach these and other disability and health objectives. This report also features specific, real-world examples of legal community strategies or interventions, or Laws and Policies in Action, to illustrate how law and policy is used to make progress on each of these objectives.
Recommended Citation
Pendo, Elizabeth and Iezzoni, Lisa, The Role of Law and Policy in Achieving Healthy People's Disability and Health Goals Around Access to Health Care, Activities Promoting Health and Wellness, Independent Living and Participation, and Collecting Data in the United States. (Rockville MD) Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ODPHP, and the CDC Foundation through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ; Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-11.
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