Avino, Michaela Kristen
(2023)
Thirty-three years of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Where are we now? Barriers and facilitators to accessing high-quality healthcare for deaf and blind adults in the US.
Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.
Abstract
This literature review explores and highlights the healthcare experiences of people in the United States who have any form of hearing or vision loss. This paper will briefly explore the history of disability advocacy that led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), what is outlined in the ADA, and how the frameworks used by contemporary disability scholars can help conceptualize how far disability rights have come, and how much farther they have to go. Twenty-eight articles from Ovid Medline were selected for review, all of which have a public health significance to this population and discuss barriers and facilitators to high-quality healthcare. I categorized the findings presented in these articles into six different themes: patient-provider communication, lack of accommodations, health literacy, transportation and availability, health insurance and out-of-pocket costs, and a source of usual care and emergency department utilization. I then suggest future directions for public health research in the d/Deaf and blind communities.
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Other Thesis, Dissertation, or Long Paper
(Master Essay)
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Avino, Michaela Kristen | mka44@pitt.edu | mka44 | |
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| Contributors: |
| Contribution | Contributors Name | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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| Committee Chair | Coulter, Robert | robert.ws.coulter@pitt.edu | robert.ws.coulter | UNSPECIFIED | | Committee Member | McCarthy, Tessa | tessam@pitt.edu | tessam | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Date: |
16 May 2023 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Number of Pages: |
63 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Public Health > Behavioral and Community Health Sciences |
| Degree: |
MPH - Master of Public Health |
| Thesis Type: |
Master Essay |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Date Deposited: |
16 May 2023 19:25 |
| Last Modified: |
16 May 2023 19:25 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/44701 |
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