Thursday, April 24, 2008

[EQ] Keeping Track: National Disability Status and Performance Indicators

Keeping Track: National Disability Status and Program Performance Indicators

 

April 21, 2008

National Council on Disability - Washington, DC USA

 

Available online as PDF file [129p.] at: http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2008/pdf/Indicators_Report.pdf

 

“…….Measuring the status of people with disabilities and the extent to which programs are assisting their clients to achieve better outcomes is important for many reasons. The number of people with disabilities in the U.S. is large and growing: 49.7 million non-institutionalized people in the U.S. have disabilities, and about 21.5 million of these are working-age individuals (U.S. Census Bureau 2003)

 

These numbers are likely to increase with the aging of baby boomers. People who acquire significant physical disabilities in early life are living longer than in prior years largely because of medical advancements. Measuring the status of people with disabilities is also important because the limited data we have indicate that the employment rate, level of household income, and educational attainment are low, and the poverty and obesity rates among people with disabilities are high compared to their peers without disabilities.

 

This report describes what we know about the status of people with disabilities in the U.S., and examines current data to assess the extent to which they meaningfully measure the well-being of people with disabilities. While much useful data on the status of people with disabilities exists, significant knowledge gaps hamper efforts to improve their well-being. Additionally, social indicator systems currently used or being developed either underemphasize or do not include people with disabilities. No comprehensive report exists describing the status of people with disabilities.

 

This report proposes a set of statistical indicators to annually measure the status of working-age people with disabilities and compare them to working-age people without disabilities in the United States. This report focuses on the working-age population of individuals with disabilities, defined as those ages 21 to 64, because many federal programs focus on employment, making indicators for the working-age population particularly relevant.

 

Additionally, the life circumstances of working-age people with disabilities differ enough from the circumstances of children, youth and seniors, that separate indicators are warranted; indeed, indicator systems already exist for children and seniors. The topical indicator set, which can be produced relatively quickly, can provide a foundation for the social indicator systems being developed, and stimulate public awareness about the status of people with disabilities and the need for improvement.


This report discusses disability as a socio-demographic characteristic. This may not reflect the full experience of disability because disability is an interaction between an individual with an impairment and the environment, rather than merely a personal characteristic….”

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

A. Need for the National Disability Performance and Indicators Project

B. Current Measurement Systems

CHAPTER 2: FRAMEWORK FOR DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL REPORTING SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 3: EXISTING AND EMERGING SOCIETAL INDICATORS

A. Key National Indicators Initiative

B. The Canadian Experience

C. Topical Indicator Systems

CHAPTER 4: THE STATUS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

A. General Limitations of Existing Data

B. Identifying Concepts That Are Important to Measure

C. Domains and Data

CHAPTER 5: KEY DISABILITY INDICATORS

CHAPTER 6: PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

Additional resources are available at http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/index.htm

APPENDIX A. Review of Societal Indicator Systems

APPENDIX B. Background and Methodology for Focus Groups

APPENDIX C. National Data Collection Instruments

APPENDIX D. Limitations of Existing Data

APPENDIX E. Data on Individuals with Disabilities

APPENDIX F. Program Assessment Rating Tool Outcome Measures

APPENDIX G. National Core Indicators

APPENDIX H. References

 

 

 

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[EQ] Call for Papers: Epidemiologic Approaches to Health Disparities

Call for Papers: Epidemiologic Reviews Theme Issue - 2009


Epidemiologic Approaches to Health Disparities

 

Epidemiologic Reviews: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/epirev/callforpapers.html

 

Epidemiologic Reviews, a sister publication of the American Journal of Epidemiology,
is devoted to publishing comprehensive and critical reviews on specific themes once a year.
The 2009 issue, to be published in the summer of 2009, will address the topic of
health disparities.

 

Submission of manuscripts is now solicited on topics such as:

Racial/ethnic factors

Socioeconomic factors

Geographic factors

International variations

Differences in access to medical services

Differences in insurance coverage

Differences in the rates of medical procedures

Differences in the quality of medical care

Intervention approaches to eliminating disparities


Please note that papers on other aspects of health disparities are welcome.

Manuscripts can be up to 6,000 words exclusive of the abstract, tables, figures, and references.
Give explicit details of the method of literature search and use systematic reviews or meta-analysis when appropriate.

 

Submit a complete, unified document as an email attachment to Harriett Telljohann (htelljoh@jhsph.edu )
during the week of September 15, 2008.

 

Michel A. Ibrahim, MD, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, Epidemiologic Reviews

 

 

 

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