Mind the Gap! Advancing Data Equity to Improve Population Health Equity for People with Disabilities

Authors

Michelle Fong, University of Maine

Files

Faculty Mentor

Susan Russell

Program

NH-ME LEND

Description

The Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), Maine’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disability (UCEDD), carries out a variety of education and research activities designed to improve the social and health equity of people with disabilities (PWD). CCIDS sought to examine the health equity of Maine’s population with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities (IDD/NDD) regarding Covid-19. However, we encountered a data gap. Therefore, we examined the drivers of data gaps for people with disabilities to make recommendations for improving their health equity by ensuring their representation in public health data, the evidence base for policymaking.

Publication Date

5-2023

Document Type

Poster

Publisher

NH-ME LEND

City

Durham

Keywords

data equity, health equity, public policy, intellectual and developmental disabilities, public health, health disparities

Disciplines

Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Fong, M. (2023, May). Mind the gap! Advancing data equity to improve population health equity for people with disabilities. (PDF). Poster presented at the NH-ME LEND Capstone Poster Session, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.