EPIC > Office on Disability and Health

Between April 2002 and March 2005, this Project focused on promoting health and well-being among people of all ages with disabilities to enhance the quality of life and prevent secondary conditions.  To accomplish this goal, we:

• Conducted scientific studies to answer important questions about disability.  For example: How common are various disabilities?  What health care and health promotion services do people with disabilities receive?  What are promising strategies for improving access to services and the health status of people with disabilities?
• Consulted with experts and people with disabilities to create a statewide plan to guide research, program, and policy development to ensure better access to health care services, and health promotion programs for people with disabilities.
• Conducted a women's health study with the Department of Rehabilitation and Community Resources for Independent Living to increase screening rates fro breast and cervical cancer among women with physical disabilities.  For more information on this project, visit CRIL’s web site.
• Conducted training with and provided technical assistance to state and local programs and contractors to ensure inclusion of people with disabilities.

Publications

• Disability Data:  An Inventory of Data Collection Systems 2005 - (PDF, 409k)
• Universal Livability:  A Dream for Tomorrow, A Plan for Today, California 2005-10 Strategic Plan - View the plan as a web page or View the plan in Word (127k)
• EPICgram 7 - Californians with Activity Limitations: Data from the California Health Interview Survey 2001
• EPICgram 8 - Breast Cancer Screening Among Women with Disabilities: Data from the California Behavioral Risk Factor Survey 2002
• Women with Disabilities and Their Health, Health Care Access and Utilization; Women’s Health Report, Chapter 6 (coming soon)

This project was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement U59/CCU921228, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center on Birth Defects and Development Disabilities.