In this new edition, the editors and contributors update and expand on the educational framework that was introduced in the first edition for rethinking disability in public health study and practice and for attaining the competencies that should accompany this knowledge.The second edition highlights key areas of research that have emerged since the first edition was published. This edition includes new and updated chapters that have particular relevance for public health practice:Disability, Intersectionality, and Inequity: Life in the MarginsDisability and Health Programs: Emerging PartnersChildren with Special Healthcare NeedsDisasters and Disability: Rhetoric and RealityInter-relationship of Health Insurance and Employment for People with DisabilitiesPublic Health, Work, and DisabilityActions to Prepare a Competent WorkforcePublic Health Perspectives on Disability: Science, Social Justice, Ethics, and Beyond, 2nd Edition, is an essential resource for public health educators and practitioners as well as students in graduate schools of public health throughout the United States.

Highlights disability as an emerging area of public health

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Epidemiology and Biostatistics.- Chapter 3. Social Determinants of Health and Disability.- Chapter 4. Disability, Intersectionality, and Inequity: Life in the Margins.- Chapter 5. Environmental Contexts Shaping Disability and Health.- Chapter 6. Public Health Ethics and Disability: Centering Disability Justice .- Chapter 7. International Public Health and Global Disability.- Chapter 8. Disability and Health Programs: Emerging Partners.- Chapter 9. Children with Special Healthcare Needs.- Chapter 10. Achieving Equity: Including Women with Disabilities in Maternal and Child Health Policies and Programs.- Chapter 11. Aging with a Disability.- Chapter 12. Disasters and Disability: Rhetoric and Reality.- Chapter 13. Law, Benefits, Disability Rights, and Public Health: A Sum Greater than the Parts?- Chapter 14. Inter-relationship of Health Insurance and Employment for People with Disabilities.- Chapter 15. Public Health, Work, and Disability.- Chapter 16. Actions to Prepare a Competent Workforce.