Reasons for Not Working During the Coronavirus Pandemic Among Working-Age Persons With and Without Disabilities in the US.

Objective: To provide new information about the reasons why persons with and without disabilities were not working during the coronavirus pandemic.

Design: Secondary analysis of the Household Pulse Survey conducted between April 14, 2021, and May 9, 2022.

Setting: The United States.

Exploring Acceptability of Employment Interventions to Support People Living With Cancer: Qualitative Study of Cancer Survivors, Health Care Providers, and Employers.

Background: Employment contributes to cancer survivors' quality of life, but this population faces a variety of challenges when working during and after treatment. Factors associated with work outcomes among cancer survivors include disease and treatment status, work environment, and social support. While effective employment interventions have been developed in other clinical contexts, existing interventions have demonstrated inconsistent effectiveness in supporting cancer survivors at work.

Mental health experiences in 2021 for adults with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Purpose/objective: Examine the prevalence of mental health issues, receipt of mental health treatment, and self-reported unmet need for mental health treatment among U.S. adults with and without disabilities by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) status during the pandemic.

Referral networks for pediatric patients with genetic conditions: The perspective of occupational therapists.

Families of children with developmental delays but no diagnosed genetic condition may benefit from connection to genetic systems of care. This work examines the role of occupational therapy as a space for families of pediatric patients to gain access to genetic services. Between September 2021 and February 2022, we interviewed 20 occupational therapists in New England who work primarily with pediatric patients.

Comparing effects of question set order and location within a survey instrument of two commonly used disability question sets among a U.S. population of adults.

Background: In nationally representative household surveys conducted in the United States (U.S.), two distinct sets of questions are commonly used to identify persons with disabilities.

Linking job duties, functioning, and employment status using the Work-Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB): An expert coding and quantitative analysis.

Background: An understanding of the link between specific occupational demands and individual worker functioning is limited, although such information could permit an assessment of the fit between the two in a manner that would inform national and state disability programs such as vocational rehabilitation and Social Security disability programs.

Objective: Our goal was to examine the utility of assessing physical and mental functioning relative to self-reported job duties to identify the domains of worker functioning most likely to create barriers to fulfilling an occupation's specific requirements.

Methods: Through primary survey data collection, 1770 participants completed the Work-Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) instrument after reporting details on their occupations (or most recent occupation if not working).

Work limitations as a moderator of the relationship between job crafting and work performance: results from an SEM analysis of cross-sectional survey data.

Purpose: Job crafting is an incremental, employee-initiated job design process used to achieve a better fit between job demands and worker skills. Persons with work limitations face multiple barriers to optimal work performance. Some persons with work limitations may innately use job crafting as a strategy to achieve better alignment with their job tasks and demands, however the extent to which job crafting may be helpful in improving work performance and engagement is unknown.

The association of disability status with job tenure for U.S. workers.

Background: Job tenure is a useful economic indicator. To employees, longer job tenure creates higher rewards in pay, promotion opportunities, and job security. For employers, there are fewer costs in recruitment and retraining when job turnover is low.

Food sufficiency and the utilization of free food resources for working-age Americans with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Working-age people with disabilities are an economically disadvantaged population more likely than those without disabilities to live in food insecure households.

Objective/hypothesis: Compare rates of food sufficiency and utilization of free food sources between working-age persons with and without disabilities in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: In September 2020, an online survey was conducted with n = 13,270 working-age individuals with and without disabilities to gather information about food sufficiency prior to COVID-19 (i.

Midlife Work Limitations are Associated with Lower Odds of Survival and Healthy Aging.

Objectives: Health conditions that limit work are associated with myriad socioeconomic disadvantages and around half of Americans could face a work limitation at some point in their working career. Our study examines the relationship between midlife work limitations and two aging outcomes: longevity and healthy aging.

Methods: Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and restricted mortality data, multivariate logistic regressions estimate the odds of desirable aging outcomes around age 65 for individuals with various midlife work limitation histories in samples of around 2,000 individuals.

Examining differences in prescription opioid use behaviors among U.S. adults with and without disabilities.

We aimed to identify differences in prescription opioid-related behaviors between adults with and without disabilities in the U.S. We analyzed data from the 2015-2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (128,740 individuals; weighted N of 244,831,740) to examine disability-based differences in (1) reasons and sources of last prescription opioid misuse and, in multivariate models overall and stratified by disability, the likelihood of (2) prescription opioid use, and if used, (3) misuse and prescription opioid use disorder (OUD), overall and stratified by disability.

Food sufficiency and the utilization of free food resources for working-age Americans with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Working-age people with disabilities are an economically disadvantaged population more likely than those without disabilities to live in food insecure households.

Objective/hypothesis: Compare rates of food sufficiency and utilization of free food sources between working-age persons with and without disabilities in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: In September 2020, an online survey was conducted with n = 13,277 working-age individuals with and without disabilities to gather information about food sufficiency prior to COVID-19 (i.

"Today I felt like my work meant something": A pilot study on job crafting, a coaching-based intervention for people with work limitations and disabilities.

Background: People's work life and career can ultimately be deconstructed to the day-to-day job tasks they perform, the people they interact with, and the value and meaning attached to their jobs. Individuals with work limitations and disabilities consistently experience disparities in the workplace resulting in a less than optimal work experience in all three areas.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot study to test the effectiveness of job crafting as an occupational therapy (OT) intervention strategy for workers with health conditions and impairments.

Health disparities among Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries who participate in federal rental housing assistance programs.

Background: Approximately 1.2 million non-elderly adults jointly participate in U.S.

Changes in the Employment Status of People With and Without Disabilities in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: Using data from the monthly Current Population Survey, this paper provides monthly employment and unemployment statistics for people with and without disabilities in the United States before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic to date (January 2021).

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of the Current Population Survey.

Setting: The United States.

Disability and aging: From successful aging to wellbeing through the capability and human development lens.

This commentary explores the use of the capability approach and one of its recent applications, the human development model of disability, health and wellbeing, as a lens that can guide aging-related research as well as policy and practice in ways that are inclusive of older persons who have health conditions and impairments. As an alternative to biomedical theories of aging, the capability and human development lens includes human diversity and agency at its core while also reconsidering success to be the practical opportunities that older people value. The practical opportunities that older people value, including older people with disabilities, are what research, policy and practice should aim to expand.

Wellbeing at older ages: Towards an inclusive and multidimensional measure.

Background: With population aging, there is a growing need to measure and monitor the wellbeing of older people, including older people with disabilities.

Objective: To estimate the extent of wellbeing for individuals age 60+ in the U.S.

Job Crafting Among American Workers with Disabilities.

Purpose Job crafting is an informal, employee-initiated approach to job re-design that has not been tested among people with disabilities, thus far. The purpose of this study is to examine crafting behaviors of workers with disabilities and individual factors associated with crafting behaviors. Methods We conducted a survey of employees with disabilities who were 18-64 years old and had at least 1 year of work experience.

Health, Health Behaviors, and Health Care Utilization Among Adults with Serious Psychological Distress Who Receive Federal Housing Assistance.

Using newly available U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administrative data linked with National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, this study estimates the prevalence of serious psychological distress (SPD) among non-elderly HUD-assisted adults and examines differences in health, health behaviors, and health care utilization for this population.

Prescription opioid behaviors among adults with and without disabilities - United States, 2015-2016.

Background: Prescription opioid use among people with disabilities has not been well characterized.

Objective: To examine prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorder, reason and source for last prescription opioid misuse, and receipt of prescription opioid treatment among people with and without disabilities.

Method: Stratified analysis of prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders; primary reason and primary source for last prescription opioid misuse; receipt of prescription opioid treatment; and disability status among civilian, noninstitutionalized adults (ages 18+) using data from the 2015-2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Community mental health center staff attitudes about employment for persons with serious mental illness.

Objective: To measure community mental health agency staff attitudes about employment for persons with serious mental illness.

Methods: An online survey was developed and sent to 2,218 staff at 4 community mental health centers (CMHC) in 1 New England state. The survey collected quantitative and qualitative data about staff attitudes about employment for persons with serious mental illness.

The relationship between employment and health and health care among working-age adults with and without disabilities in the United States.

To better understand the relationship between employment and health and health care for people with disabilities in the United States (US). We pooled US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2004-2010) data to examine health status, and access to health care among working-age adults, comparing people with physical disabilities or multiple disabilities to people without disabilities, based on their employment status. Logistic regression and least squares regression were conducted, controlling for sociodemographics, health insurance (when not the outcome), multiple chronic conditions, and need for assistance.

The association of food insecurity with health outcomes for adults with disabilities.

Background: Adults with disabilities are more likely to live in households that are food insecure and are more likely to experience health disparities than adults without disabilities. Research examining the intersection of food insecurity and health outcomes for adults with disabilities has so far been lacking, however.

Objective/hypothesis: The research presented here tests whether living in a food insecure household is associated with poorer self-reported health and mental health and different health care utilization, controlling for disability status and other sociodemographic characteristics.

Food Insecurity Among Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States: Evidence From the National Health Interview Survey.

People with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) face higher levels of poverty than others, which can lead to concerns regarding areas of well-being, such as food security. Young adults with IDD who are, in many cases, transitioning from the system of educational, health care, and income supports of their youth into the adult world may be particularly vulnerable. Using pooled data from the 2011-2014 National Health Interview Survey, we find that young adults with IDD have significantly higher levels of food insecurity than young adults without disabilities, even when controlling for poverty.