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Disability discrimination and well-being in the United Kingdom: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Disability discrimination is linked with poorer well-being cross-sectionally. The aim of this study was to explore prospective associations between disability discrimination and well-being.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting The United ...
Andrew Steptoe, Ruth A. Hackett, Raymond P. Lang, Sarah E. Jackson   +3 more
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Disability‐based discrimination and health: findings from an Australian‐based population study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: Among working‐age Australian adults with a disability, we assess the association between disability‐based discrimination and both overall health and psychological distress.
Lauren Krnjacki, Naomi Priest, Zoe Aitken, Eric Emerson, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Tania King, Anne Kavanagh   +6 more
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“There is something like a barrier”: Disability stigma, structural discrimination and middle-class persons with disability in Ghana

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
Discrimination against persons with disability is not just a relational phenomenon. It has a structural dimension that is equally oppressive. Structural discrimination can occur even in places and instances where individual discrimination may not be ...
Joseph Ocran
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Association between experiences of discrimination and mental health among persons with disabilities in Canada during the COVID 19 pandemic [PDF]

Discover Mental Health
Discrimination against Persons with disabilities (PWDs), a pervasive issue that predates COVID-19, was reportedly magnified and manifested in both overt and subtle ways during the pandemic with implications for the mental health (MH) of PWDs. Nonetheless,
Sulemana Ansumah Saaka, Christa Sato
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Factor structure and psychometric properties of an adapted HIV stigma tool for measuring disability-related stigma among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya - Findings from a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundPeople with disabilities face stigma and discrimination which contribute to barriers and poor outcomes in many areas such as health or employment.
Anita Jeyam, Elena Schmidt, Stevens Bechange, Stephen Pye, George Okello, Sheru Muuo, Moses Chege, Emma Jolley   +7 more
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Ever-changing but always constant: “Waves” of disability discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States [PDF]

Disability and Health Journal, 2022
Emily M Lund, Kara Ayers
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The social complexities of disability: Discrimination, belonging and life satisfaction among Canadian youth [PDF]

SSM - Population Health, 2018
Angela Daley, Shelley Phipps, Nyla R Branscombe   +2 more
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Labour activities of disabled people in the Russian Federation: Features of legal regulation [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2021
The purpose of the research is to provide a legal analysis of the labour activities of persons with disabilities in the Russian Federation. The authors consistently address employment issues of the persons with disabilities; also based on a review of ...
Khakimov Ruslan Madamindzhanovich, Rudenko Igor Leonidovich, Martyanova Galina Vasilievna, Kairova Alla Ignatovna, Cherkashin Natalya Valerievna   +4 more
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Age and gender differences in the relationship between obesity and disability with self-perceived employment discrimination: Results from a retrospective study of an Australian national sample

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Background: Health status is a crucial determinant of an individuals’ labour market outcomes. The present study investigates the association between obesity and disability with perceived employment discrimination within Australia.
Syed Afroz Keramat, Khorshed Alam, Rezwanul Hasan Rana, Suvasish Das Shuvo, Jeff Gow, Stuart J.H. Biddle, Byron Keating   +6 more
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Disability Stigma and Discrimination in Nepal: A Study of Pokhara Metropolitan City

Asian Journal of Population Sciences, 2022
Stigma and discrimination attached to disability are not new phenomenon in Nepal. People, irrespective of disability status, have been aware of these phenomena since long history of human kind from socio-cultural perspectives prevalent in Nepalese ...
Ram Prasad Aryal, Badri Aryal
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