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Clinician-Reported Barriers to Providing Perinatal Care to Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Smith, Lauren D.; Valentine, Anne; Moore Simas, Tiffany A.; Parish, Susan L.; Levy, Alanna; Mitra, Monika – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Research suggests that women with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Further, they report unmet perinatal care needs. This qualitative study examined clinician perspectives on barriers to providing perinatal care to women with intellectual and developmental disabilities.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Pregnancy, Perinatal Influences
Population Estimates, Health Care Characteristics, and Material Hardship Experiences of U.S. Children with Parent-Reported Speech-Language Difficulties: Evidence from Three Nationally Representative Surveys
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Sonik, Rajan A.; Parish, Susan L.; Akorbirshoev, Ilhom; Son, Esther; Rosenthal, Eliana – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2014
Purpose: To provide estimates for the prevalence of parent-reported speech-language difficulties in U.S. children, and to describe the levels of health care access and material hardship in this population. Method: We tabulated descriptive and bivariate statistics using cross-sectional data from the 2007 and 2011/2012 iterations of the National…
Descriptors: Children, National Surveys, Incidence, Access to Health Care
Have Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Health Care Relationships Changed for Children with Developmental Disabilities and ASD?
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Magaña, Sandra; Parish, Susan L.; Son, Esther – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The aim of this study was to determine if racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of provider interaction have changed between 2006 and 2010 for children with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Data from the 2005/2006 and 2009/2010 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs were analyzed. Results…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Quality of Health Care among Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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Magana, Sandra; Parish, Susan L.; Rose, Roderick A.; Timberlake, Maria; Swaine, Jamie G. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in quality of care for children with autism and other developmental disabilities and whether disparities varied for children with autism compared to children with other developmental disabilities. Analyzing data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (N = 4,414), we compared…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Special Health Problems, Autism, Developmental Disabilities
Material Hardship in U.S. Families Raising Children with Disabilities
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Parish, Susan L.; Rose, Roderick A.; Grinstein-Weiss, Michal; Richman, Erica L.; Andrews, Megan E. – Exceptional Children, 2008
Researchers analyzed the 2002 wave of the National Survey of America's Families, conducted by the Urban Institute and Child Trends, and examined material hardship in families raising children with disabilities. Measures of hardship included food insecurity, housing instability, health care access, and telephone disconnection. The research…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Income, Disabilities, Welfare Recipients
Women with Cognitive Limitations Living in the Community: Evidence of Disability-Based Disparities in Health Care
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Parish, Susan L.; Saville, Alison Whisnant – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2006
Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 2000 and 2002, we compared potential and realized use of health care for a national sample of working-age women with cognitive disabilities. Despite having similar likelihoods of potential access to health care as compared to nondisabled women, they had markedly worse rates of receiving…
Descriptors: Females, Access to Health Care, Comparative Analysis, Disability Discrimination
Health Care for Women with Disabilities: Population-Based Evidence of Disparities
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Parish, Susan L.; Huh, Jungwon – Health & Social Work, 2006
Despite having similar or better potential access to health care, women with disabilities experience worse health care and worse preventive care than nondisabled women. This study examined the health care of a national probability sample of 8,721 disabled and 45,522 nondisabled women living in the United States. Logistic regression models,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Females, Disabilities, Health Services