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Director's Column: Transportation Hardship for People with Disabilities Keeps Health Promotion Activities At A Distance


People with disabilities often experience health disparities because of the many environmental barriers that they are confronted with when trying to improve their health. These include poor physical access, societal attitudes, and lack of quality medical care. Mounting evidence suggests that there are social, health, and economic consequences to the isolated and sedentary lifestyles that are associated with barriers in the built environment. As a result of limited physical function and access to their environment, people with disabilities have a higher rate of social isolation compared to the general population. This isolation has resulted in a lack of social networks and diminished social capital, which has likely contributed to higher levels of obesity in the disabled population. One of the major barriers to health promotion and physical activity among people with disabilities is accessible transportation. Sadly, as budget cuts proliferate across state, city and local governments, transportation services provided to people with disabilities are often among the first to be affected.

Read the entire column at http://www.ncpad.org/261/1680/2005-04~Issue~~Transportation~Hardship~for~People~with~
Disabilities~Keeps~Health~Promotion~Activities~At~A~Distance
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