Disability and Public Health provides a thorough roadmap to professionals and describes how disability complements a public health context. By promoting an understanding of disability, the book provides a basis for enhancing the success of all of public health initiatives. 

The book examines:   

• History and culture of disability
• Advocacy and the role of government and public policy in disability
• Disability epidemiology
• Disparities and determinants of disability
• Models of approach to disability
• Disability and health promotion
• Disaster preparedness