Minority Disability Research Trends Database

As part of this grant, we are cataloguing research findings written under its auspices. The full citations and links to further information on each appear below.


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Details Alston, R.J. & Rucker, R.R. (2009). Minority clients in rehabilitation: Reactions to race by rehabilitation counselors. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 3(1), 17-29.
Details Balcazar, F., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Taylor-Ritzler, T. & Keys, C. (2009). Race, culture and disability: Rehabilitation science and practice. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Details Balcazar, F. E., Suarez-Balcazar, Y. & Taylor-Ritzler, T. (2009). Cultural competence: Development of a conceptual framework. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1153 - 1160.
Details Bickenbach, J. E. (2009). Disability, culture and the UN convention. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1111 - 1124.
Details Dressler, D. & Pils, P. (2009). A qualitative study on cross-cultural communication in post-accident in-patient rehabilitation of migrant and ethnic minority patients in Austria. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1181 - 1190.
Details Iwama, M. K., Thomson, N. A. & Macdonald, R. M. (2009). The Kawa model: The power of culturally responsive occupational therapy. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1125 - 1135.
Details Lewis, A., Bethea, J. & Hurley, J. (2009). Integrating cultural competency in rehabilitation curricula in the new millennium: Keeping it simple. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1161 - 1169.
Details Lewis, A. (2009). Disability disparities: A beginning model. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1136 - 1143.
Details Lewis, A. N. & Shamburger, A. (2009). In Balcazar, F. & Suarez-Balcazar, Y. Taylor-Ritzler, T. Keys, C. Race, culture and disability: Rehabilitation science and practice (pp. 229-253). Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Details Lewis, Allen (2009). Empowering minority group research. International Innovation Journal Article, , 63-65.
Details Matheson, D. (2009). A right to health: Medicine as Western cultural imperialism?. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1191 - 1204.
Details Panzarella, K. J. (2009). Beginning with the end in mind: Evaluating outcomes of cultural competence instruction in a doctor of physical therapy programme. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1144 - 1152.
Details Parnes, P., Cameron, D., Christie, N., Cockburn, L., Goli Hashemi ae;, & Yoshida, K. (2009). Disability in low-income countries: Issues and implications. Disbaility & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1170 - 1180.
Details Wiley, A. (2009). At a cultural crossroads: Lessons on culture and policy from the New Zealand DISABILITY STRATEGY. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31(14), 1205 - 1214.
Details Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Ketchum, J. M., Williams, K., Kreutzer, J. S., Marquez de la Plata, C. D., O'Neil-Pirozzi, T. M. & Wehman, P. (2008). Racial differences in employment outcomes after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(5), 988-995.
Details Arango, J. C. & Niemeier, J. (2007). Cultural issues in the rehabilitation of TBI survivors: Recent research and new frontiers. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22(2), 73-74.
Details Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Rosenthal, M., DeLuca, J., Cifu, D. X., Hanks, R. & Komaroff, E. (2007). Functional outcomes from inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury: How do Hispanics fare?. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(1), 11-18.
Details Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Kreutzer, J., Wehman, P., Williams, K., Marquez de la Plata, C., O’Neil-Pirozzi, T. & Jha, A. (2007). Poster 34: Racial and sex differences in employment outcomes after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(10), e15.
Details Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Rosenthal, M., DeLuca, J., Komaroff, E., Sherer, M. & Cifu, D. X. (2007). Traumatic brain injury and functional outcomes: Does minority status matter?. Brain Injury, 21(7), 701-708.
Details Hart, T., O'Neil-Pirozzi, T., Williams, K., Rapport, L., Hammond, F. & Kreutzer, J. S. (2007). Racial differences in caregiving patterns, caregiver emotional function, and sources of emotional support following traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22(2), 122-131.
Details Lewis, A. N., Head, C., Shamburger, A., Armstrong, A. J. & West, S. L. (2007). Impact of Section 21 of 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments on diversity articles in rehabilitation journals. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 26, 89-96.
Details Niemeier, J. & Arango, J. C. (2007). Towards improved provider practice competency in rehabilitation services for ethnically diverse survivor's of traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22(2), 75-84.
Details Wehman, P., Targett, P., Yasuda, S., McManus, S. & Briel, L. (2007). Helping persons with traumatic brain injury of minority origin: Improve career and employment outcomes.. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 22(2), 95-104.
Details Beach, M. C., Hill-Briggs, F. & Cooper, L. (2006). Racial and ethnic differences in receipt and use of health information in encounters between patients and physicians. Medical Care, 44(2), 97 - 99.
Details Lewis, A. N. (2006). Three-factor model of multicultural counseling for consumers with disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 24(3), 151-159.
Details Meade, M. A., Jackson, M. N., Barret, K. & Ellenbogen, P. (2006). Perspectives on networking, cultural values, and skills among African American men with Spinal Cord Injury: A reconsideration of social capital theory. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 25(1), 21-33.
Details Stone, John (2005). Culture and Disability: Providing Culturally Competent Services (Multicultural Aspects of Counseling And Psychotherapy). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc..
Details Meade, M. A., Lewis, A., Jackson, N. & Hess, D. W. (2004). Race, employment, and spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85(11), 1782-1792.
Details Meade, M. A., Cifu, D. X., Seel, R. T., McKinley, W. O. & Kreutzer,, J. S. (2004). Medical procedures, complications and outcomes for patients with SCI: A multicenter investigation comparing African-Amerians and Caucasians. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85(3), 368-375.
Details Niemeier, J., Burnett, D. & Whitaker, D. (2003). Cultural competence in the multidisciplinary rehabilitation setting: are we falling short of meeting needs?. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliatation, 84(8), 1240-1245.
Details Burnett, D. M., Kolakowsky-Hayner, S. A., White, J. M. & Cifu, D. X. (2002). Impact of minority status following traumatic spinal cord injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 17(3), 187-194.