Reading List:                                                 Prepared by Marjorie McGee, April 2007

§         Health Care Access / Stigma

§         Empowerment       

Goodley, D. (2005). Empowerment, self-advocacy and resilience. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 9(4), 333-343.

Iezzoni, L. I., & O'Day, B. L. (2006). More than ramps: A guide to improving health care quality and access for people with disabilities. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kosciulek, J. F., & Merz, M. A. (2001). Structural analysis of the consumer-directed theory of empowerment. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 44(4), 209.

Link, B. G., & Phelan, J. C. (2006). Stigma and its public health implications. Lancet, 367(9509), 528-529.

Panko Reis, J., Breslin, M. L., Iezzoni, L. I., & Kirscher, K. L. (2004). It takes more than ramps to solve the crisis of healthcare for people with disabilities. Chicago: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Parish, P. S. L., & Saville, M. S. W. M. A. W. (2006). Women with cognitive limitations living in the community: Evidence of disability-based disparities in health care. Mental Retardation, 44(4), 249-259.

Schopp, L. H., Sanford, T. C., Hagglund, K. J., Gay, J. W., & Coatney, M. A. (2002). Removing service barriers for women with physical disabilities: promoting accessibility in the gynecologic care setting. Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health, 47(2), 74-79.

Wallerstein, N. (2002). Empowerment to reduce health disparities. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 30, 72-77.

Wallerstein, N. (2006). What is the evidence on effectiveness of empowerment to improve health? Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe

Wallerstein, N., & Bernstein, E. (1994). Introduction to community empowerment, participatory education, and health. Health Education Quarterly, 21(2), 141-148.