• Medicine
• Published 2009

New APHA book links public health, disability issues

@inproceedings{Johnson2009NewAB,
  title={New APHA book links public health, disability issues},
  author={Teddi Dineley Johnson},
  year={2009}
}

• Teddi Dineley Johnson

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In the United States, more than 50 million people experience some form of disability, yet public health’s investment in disability has long been inadequate, according to a new APHA book. With its historical emphasis on preventing disability, public health has been slow to recognize disability as a risk factor for other health problems, said the new book, “Disability and Public Health.”