Africa: WHO Calls for Greater Attention to Violence Against Women With Disabilities and Older Women
[WHO] Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and national violence-related data, according to two new publications released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The health agency is calling for better research across countries that will help ensure these women are counted, and that their specific needs are understood and addressed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
SSA to Remove Barriers to Accessing SSI Payments
U.S. Department of Social Security announces first of several updates to the Supplemental Security Income regulations that will help people receiving and applying for SSI (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 27, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: U.S. Social Security Source Type: news
COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned
For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.” Then, in 2021, something began to shift. That spring, the CDC said it was okay for vaccinated people to ditch their masks in most places. But people were clearly still getting sick—including Alex, who got COVID-19 for the first time in late 2021 and later developed Long COVID symptoms.
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“There was this reckoning moment where it was like, ‘Maybe the CDC is not being totally honest with...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Living With Muscular Dystrophy at 50 Makes Death My Shadow Partner
I am an Aries through and through—bold, ambitious, fiery, and confident. Today, March 27, marks my 50th year on this planet, something I could never have imagined. I was diagnosed with an undetermined type of muscular dystrophy as a young child, and doctors told my parents I wouldn’t live to become an adult. My immigrant parents cried when they heard the news. Even though this news was devastating, they never treated me like a fragile egg about to break. In fact, as the first born child of three girls, I had a lot of responsibilities and expectations which only reinforced my Aries tendencies.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Wong Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Council spending on special needs transport doubles
The rising cost of getting children to school is a key driver of current pressure on council budgets. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Care Algorithms in Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Study points to ways to reduce potential for racial bias and inequity when using algorithms to inform clinical care (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 26, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: AI and Disabilities Source Type: news
How Are People With Disabilities Doing in the New York City Housing Market?
Housing conditions for people with disabilities in New York State are deteriorating. The most common problem is lack of money (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 26, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Housing Source Type: news
Ghana: Madina MP Pushes for 5 Percent Job Quota for PWDs
[Ghanaian Times] Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, is on an advocacy to have a Bill passed to guarantee job slots for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the country. If successful, the passage of the Minimum Employment of PWDs Bill would ensure that all public or private institutions employ at least five per cent of PWDs in their organisations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine Human Rights West Africa Source Type: news
Assessing the quality of life among nonfatal road traffic accident victims by using WHO-QOL-BREF - Mishra S, Babu BV, Marimuthu P.
Background/Objectives:
Road traffic accident affects people more in terms of disability with prolonged treatment than premature death. More people suffer from nonfatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury. The study a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Intimate partner violence among women with somatoform disorders: a systematic review - Nair S, Nataraj S, Satyanarayana VA, Desai G.
BACKGROUND:
Somatoform disorders and medically unexplained symptoms are reported to be common in women and associated with significant disability. Studies have shown that women experiencing Intimate Partner Violence are more likely to report somatic s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The fight to cure South Sudan ’s mysterious neurological disorder
Nodding syndrome is a distressing disease that stunts growth, harms brains and sparks convulsions. Though its cause is still unknown, there is now hope that epilepsy drugs can help afflicted childrenThe other children move away, frightened, when the convulsions start. Tabo takes a long, guttural breath before slumping on to the ground unconscious, her entire body shaking. The 17-year-old ’s mother, Penina Monyo Gulu Biro, gently holds the girl while the attack lasts.A minute or two later, Tabo (pictured above) sits up again, tears rolling down her cheeks. “She cries because she’s sad to be like this,” says Biro.An ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Florence Miettaux in Mvolo and Maridi Tags: Global development Global health South Sudan Africa World news Rivers Environment Infectious diseases Medical research Science Children Society Blindness and visual impairment Disability Source Type: news
Experiences of stress and social safety among sexual and gender minority youth by disability status - Renley BM, Argenyi MS, Mereish EH, Watson RJ.
BACKGROUND: Though separate bodies of research have shown sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, and youth with disabilities, separately, face distinct social and health disparities, little is known about youth who both identify as SGM and have disabiliti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The relationship between barriers to physical activity and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling women - Figueroa CA, Aguilera A, Hoffmann TJ, Fukuoka Y.
BACKGROUND: Women are less physically active, report greater perceived barriers for exercise, and show higher levels of depressive symptoms. This contributes to high global disability. The relationship between perceived barriers for physical activity and d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Occupational encounters: the interpersonal impact of bus drivers' engagement with disabled passengers - Das Neves B, Unsworth C.
This study sought to understand the interpersonal impact and occupational relevance of encounters, through exploring encounte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Census Bureau: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; The American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS)
The U.S. Census Bureau is providing an additional 30 days for comments on proposed revisions to the American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey. Changes cover household roster, educational attainment, health insurance coverage, disability, and labor force questions. Comments are due within 30 days of this notice. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 25, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
