A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy
Summary: Disability status is rarely included in health research and policy, including intersectional research, perpetuating health inequities for this population. This paper calls on researchers and policymakers to take concrete steps to advance health equity for disabled people, including those at...
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| author | Susan M. Havercamp Gloria L. Krahn Alexa J. Murray Ilhom Akobirshoev Chyrell D. Bellamy Alexandra Bonardi Mary Lou Breslin Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown Mark Costa Robert S. Dembo David Ellsworth Jean P. Hall Willi Horner-Johnson David Hughes Marjorie McGee Nancy R. Mudrick Elayne Otstot Germán Parodi Shaylin Sluzalis Silvia Yee |
| author_facet | Susan M. Havercamp Gloria L. Krahn Alexa J. Murray Ilhom Akobirshoev Chyrell D. Bellamy Alexandra Bonardi Mary Lou Breslin Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown Mark Costa Robert S. Dembo David Ellsworth Jean P. Hall Willi Horner-Johnson David Hughes Marjorie McGee Nancy R. Mudrick Elayne Otstot Germán Parodi Shaylin Sluzalis Silvia Yee |
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| description | Summary: Disability status is rarely included in health research and policy, including intersectional research, perpetuating health inequities for this population. This paper calls on researchers and policymakers to take concrete steps to advance health equity for disabled people, including those at the intersections of disability, race, ethnicity, poverty, and other marginalized identities. We propose four strategies with recommendations to promote: a) meaningful engagement of disabled and multiply marginalized people in research and policy planning; b) cohesive, systemic disability data collection and analyses; c) use of intersectional approaches to examine structural drivers of health inequities; and d) leveraging of administrative data to improve disability healthcare policies and practices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a2b51f027bdd42f09df19836d4bea7842025-08-20T03:44:25ZengElsevierThe Lancet Regional Health. Americas2667-193X2025-09-014910119910.1016/j.lana.2025.101199A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policySusan M. Havercamp0Gloria L. Krahn1Alexa J. Murray2Ilhom Akobirshoev3Chyrell D. Bellamy4Alexandra Bonardi5Mary Lou Breslin6Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown7Mark Costa8Robert S. Dembo9David Ellsworth10Jean P. Hall11Willi Horner-Johnson12David Hughes13Marjorie McGee14Nancy R. Mudrick15Elayne Otstot16Germán Parodi17Shaylin Sluzalis18Silvia Yee19Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USACollege of Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USANisonger Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Corresponding author.The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USADepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USAHuman Services Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA; Chan Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USADisability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley, CA, USADisability Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; National Disability Institute, Washington, DC, USADepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USAWaisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA; NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USANisonger Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAInstitute for Health and Disability Policy Studies, Life Span Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USAInstitute on Development and Disability, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Portland, OR, USAHuman Services Research Institute, Cambridge, MA, USAEquity and Inclusion Division, Oregon Health Authority, Portland, OR, USA; School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USASchool of Social Work, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USANational Leadership Program, RespectAbility, Fredericksburg, VA, USAThe Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, Philadelphia, PA, USAThe Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, Philadelphia, PA, USADisability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley, CA, USASummary: Disability status is rarely included in health research and policy, including intersectional research, perpetuating health inequities for this population. This paper calls on researchers and policymakers to take concrete steps to advance health equity for disabled people, including those at the intersections of disability, race, ethnicity, poverty, and other marginalized identities. We propose four strategies with recommendations to promote: a) meaningful engagement of disabled and multiply marginalized people in research and policy planning; b) cohesive, systemic disability data collection and analyses; c) use of intersectional approaches to examine structural drivers of health inequities; and d) leveraging of administrative data to improve disability healthcare policies and practices.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X25002091Public healthHealth equityDisabilityAbleismIntersectionality |
| spellingShingle | Susan M. Havercamp Gloria L. Krahn Alexa J. Murray Ilhom Akobirshoev Chyrell D. Bellamy Alexandra Bonardi Mary Lou Breslin Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown Mark Costa Robert S. Dembo David Ellsworth Jean P. Hall Willi Horner-Johnson David Hughes Marjorie McGee Nancy R. Mudrick Elayne Otstot Germán Parodi Shaylin Sluzalis Silvia Yee A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy The Lancet Regional Health. Americas Public health Health equity Disability Ableism Intersectionality |
| title | A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy |
| title_full | A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy |
| title_fullStr | A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy |
| title_short | A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy |
| title_sort | call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy |
| topic | Public health Health equity Disability Ableism Intersectionality |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X25002091 |
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