Current Information Products
CDIHP provides several products to help health care and other service professionals provide quality services for people with disabilities.
- 5 “G’s”Getting Access to Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities •NEW•
- Making Preventive Health Care Work for You - A Resource Guide for People with Physical Disabilities
- The Pathway Series: Breast Care CD-ROM
- Getting the Right Gear: Taking Charge of Obtaining Durable Medical Equipment
- Emergency Evacuation Preparedness Guide
- Emergency Health Information: Savvy Health Care Consumer Series
- "Aging with a Disability" Presentations
- Accessible Health Care Briefs
- Providing Primary Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities: A Survey of California Physicians
- California's Comprehensive Strategy to Improve the Employment Rate of People with Disabilities: Stakeholder Perspectives
5 “G’s”Getting Access to Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities
This article highlights 5 steps you can take to increase your chances of getting the health care you need.
- Getting Started
- Getting To, Into and Through a Health Care Facility
- Getting Access to Medical Equipment
- Getting What You Need During Your Visit
- Getting Changes Made
- Determine your health risks,
- Learn why routine preventive screenings and vaccines are important,
- Create a "Routine Screening and Immunization Plan" tailored to your needs,
- Learn ways to become more active in your health care, and
- Increase your confidence and improve your communication skills to work more effectively with health care providers.
- Braille Ready File
- Large Print version Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Word Document Version
- Portable Document Format (PDF) Version
- Overview: why the training is needed
- Course Description: see what this self-learning module contains
- Demo: view a clip from the CD
- CEU: information about Continuing Education Unit credits
- Order Form: fill out and fax or mail in an order
- The Web version
- The Portable Document Format (PDF) version (372 KB)
- The Microsoft Word document version (508 KB)
- The Plain Text version (96 KB)
- Microsoft Word Document (212KB)
- Portable Document Format (PDF) (240KB)
- The PDF version may require the free Adobe Reader application, available here.
- Depending on your Web browser and its settings, the Word, PDF, and plain text versions may either be displayed or downloaded by the browser. In most browsers you can right-click the links above to see a menu that will allow you to download the document and save it on your computer.
- Introduction: Tools For Decreasing Health Care Barriers
- Importance of Accessible Examination Tables
- Importance of Accessible Weight Scales
- Health Care Facilities Access
- Choosing and Negotiating an Accessible Business Location
- Barrier Removal: Improving Accessibility with Limited Resources
- Providing Information in Alternative Formats
- Accessible Web Site Design (provided by the University of Washington's Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology Center)
- ADA Resources
- Tax Incentives for Improving Accessibility
- The Portable Document Format (PDF) version (456 KB)
- The Microsoft Word document version (160 KB)
- Appendix A - Microsoft Word document (60 KB)
- Appendix B - Microsoft Word document (112 KB)
Portable Document Format (PDF) version (505 KB)
Microsoft Word document version (132 KB)
Making Preventive Health Care Work for You—A Resource Guide for People with Physical Disabilities
This Guide helps make preventive health care work for you. Designed with input from both consumers and health care providers, this Guide offers important information, tools, and resources to help you:
The Pathway™ Series: Breast Care CD-ROM
A training series on CD-ROM about providing preventative health care services for disabled women.
Getting the Right Gear: Taking Charge of Obtaining Durable Medical Equipment
Getting your durable medical equipment (DME) can be a challenging and time consuming process. This guide can help to make the process go a little faster, and reduce the chance of denial of coverage by your health insurance carrier.Click here to read the guide.
Emergency Evacuation Preparedness Guide
This guide, available in a variety of formats, focuses on developing emergency evacuation preparedness plans that take into account the needs of people with disabilities and activity limitations.
Note that the PDF version may require the free Adobe Reader application, available here.
Also note that depending on your Web browser and its settings, the Word, PDF, and plain text versions may either be displayed or downloaded by the browser. In most browsers you can right-click the links above to see a menu that will allow you to download the document and save it on your computer.
Emergency Health Information: Savvy Health Care Consumer Series
This booklet guides you through developing your emergency health information. You should keep copies of this information in your wallet (behind driver's license or official identification card) and emergency kits. It tells rescuers important information about you if they find you unconscious, or unable to provide information. It contains information about your medications, equipment, allergies, communication difficulties, preferred treatment and medical providers, and important contact people.
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"Aging with a Disability" Presentations
In March, 2003, the Center for Disabilities and the Health Professions partnered with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with a Disability to present: "Aging with a Disability: Putting Research into Practice and Education." Click here to view the presentations.
Tools For Decreasing Health Care Barriers: Accessible Health Care Briefs
The Center for Disabilities and the Health Professions "Accessible Health Care" series is designed to educate managed care organizations, health care professionals, community organizations, advocates, and people with disabilities.
This series includes discussions, examples, illustrations, and resource information for improving access to health care services, programs, and products. Subjects include:
Providing Primary Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities: A Survey of California Physicians
Beginning with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 an awareness of the need for equal access to health care for people with disabilities was established. Moreover, the promotion of health for people with disabilities, the prevention of secondary conditions, and the elimination of disparities between people with and without disabilities have been ongoing goals of federal legislation. Critical to achieving these goals is quality health care by primary care providers.
This study, conducted by Michelle A. Larson McNeal, Ph.D. , LeeAnne Carrothers, Ph.D., and Brenda Premo, MA, focuses on the scope of California primary care physician's knowledge, attitude, and behaviors regarding physical disabilities and the extent of physician training in disability-related primary care.
The study is available for download in the following formats:
Note that the PDF version may require the free Adobe Reader application, available here.
Also note that depending on your Web browser and its settings, the Word and PDF versions may either be displayed or downloaded by the browser. In most browsers you can right-click the links above to see a menu that will allow you to download the document and save it on your computer.
California's Comprehensive Strategy to Improve the Employment Rate of People with Disabilities: Stakeholder Perspectives
In early 2005, the Governor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities issued the first draft of a Comprehensive Strategy, as called for under Assembly Bill 925. In conjunction with the California Health Incentives Improvement Project (CHIIP), the Governor's Committee launched an aggressive effort to solicit public input into the Comprehensive Strategy by advertising that it was posted to a public website and asking stakeholders to review it and offer comments. It also took testimony at its Spring and Summer public meetings.
This report, prepared by Curtis Richards for The Center for Disability Issues & the Health Professions in February, 2006, was developed for the California Health Incentives Improvement Project through funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The report is available for download in the following formats:
Note that the PDF version may require the free Adobe Reader application, available here.
Also note that depending on your Web browser and its settings, the Word and PDF versions may either be displayed or downloaded by the browser. In most browsers you can right-click the links above to see a menu that will allow you to download the document and save it on your computer.