Library Guides: Cultural Competency in Healthcare: Disability

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Disability Training
"Assuring Quality Health Care for Persons with Disabilities” is a series of videos designed to prepare health sciences students and practicing health care professionals to serve patients with a variety of disabilities. The primary goals of the videos are to raise awareness of assumptions that limit access to quality care for people with disabilities and to improve patient and family-centered care. "
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Disability & Health The mission of the CDC Disability and Health Team is to promote the health, well-being, independence, productivity, and full participation in society by people with disabilities.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
World Health Organization: Disability and health Over a billion people are estimated to live with some form of disability. This corresponds to about 15% of the world's population. Between 110 million (2.2%) and 190 million (3.8%) people 15 years and older have significant difficulties in functioning. Furthermore, the rates of disability are increasing in part due to ageing populations and an increase in chronic health conditions.
Disability Statistics (United States)
Cornell University Yang Tan Institute on Employment and Disability(YTI).

DeafHealth.org
"To provide clear and concise health education in American Sign Language to promote the overall wellness of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing community." DeafHealth provides videos for patients on a variety of diseases, conditions as well as a common tests, and a database of deaf-friendly doctors.

The Silent Side of Medicine
The top 20 signs used when working with young children in healthcare settings.

Mental illness among us: a new curriculum to reduce mental illness stigma among medical students.
Acad Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;37(6):385-91. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.13040063.Mental illness among us: a new curriculum to reduce mental illness stigma among medical students. Aggarwal AK, Thompson M, Falik R, Shaw A, O'Sullivan P, Lowenstein DH.
Medical students have been shown to have high levels of psychological distress, including self-stigmatization and unwillingness to seek care. The authors hypothesized that a student-led curriculum involving personal mental illness experience, given during the first-year neuroscience course, and titled "Mental Illness Among Us (MIAU)," would reduce stigma of mental illness.

Disability and International Development by Malcolm MacLachlan (Editor); Leslie Swartz (Editor) One of the greatest challenges facing modern global health is how to include the most marginalized and impoverished people in international efforts to promote social and economic development. In Disability and International Development disability rights are situated within the broader context of global health and the need for much greater inter-sector collaboration.
ISBN: 9780387938431
Publication Date: 2009

Respectful Disability Language: Here’s What’s Up!
The use of language and words describing people with disabilities has changed over time. It’s important that people are aware of the meaning behind the words they use when talking to, referring to, or working with the Disability Community. Disrespectful language can make people feel excluded and can be a barrier to full participation. This is a guide to using respectful words and language.