Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
J Agromedicine. 2011 Apr;16(2):99-105. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.554767.
Awareness of health disparities is crucial for individuals with disabilities to minimize additional health-related challenges. Adding rural residence and age to disability creates a triple threat in terms of potential health disparities. Kentucky AgrAbility is developing innovative new partnerships with the goal of expanding service provision to underserved populations with disabilities in Kentucky: women, minority, and Appalachian small farmers. Kentucky AgrAbility is evolving to include a more focused approach to the needs of underresourced and underserved regions and populations of farmers in Kentucky. Through new partnerships and a commitment to addressing potential health disparities, farmers and families who can benefit from AgrAbility services will be broadly identified. It is concluded that health disparities need to be recognized and addressed in all health care service provision and education. Kentucky AgrAbility is attempting to develop and implement an innovative, multidisciplinary team of partners with a goal of providing one of a kind service and education to all Kentucky farmers with disabilities. This includes underserved farmers who are at risk of not receiving the appropriate services due to limited resources and lack of awareness.
意识到健康差距对于残疾个体至关重要，有助于他们尽量减少额外的与健康相关的挑战。将农村居住和年龄因素与残疾相结合，会在潜在的健康差距方面构成三重威胁。肯塔基州农业适应能力项目正在与新的创新伙伴关系合作，旨在扩大向肯塔基州服务不足的残疾人群体（包括妇女、少数民族和阿巴拉契亚小农户）提供服务。肯塔基州农业适应能力项目正在发展，以更专注于满足资源匮乏和服务不足的地区以及肯塔基州农民群体的需求。通过新的伙伴关系和解决潜在健康差距的承诺，将广泛确定可以从农业适应能力服务中受益的农民和家庭。研究得出结论，在所有医疗保健服务提供和教育中都需要认识到并解决健康差距问题。肯塔基州农业适应能力项目正试图开发和实施一个创新的多学科合作伙伴团队，目标是为所有有残疾的肯塔基州农民提供独特的服务和教育，其中包括由于资源有限和缺乏意识而面临无法获得适当服务风险的服务不足的农民。
