Alex, Sully Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) Introduction <h2>The Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) aims to identify cost-effective policies that improve the health of people with disabilities in Australia.</h2><div> </div><p><strong>While 15% of the world’s population have a disability, they have largely been ignored by public health research, practice and policy.</strong> </p><p><br></p><p>Research clearly shows that on traditional indicators of health, Australians with disabilities fare particularly badly in global terms – they have the lowest relative income and one of the lowest levels of labour force participation of all the OECD countries. </p><p><br></p><p>An Australian with a disability is more likely to be unemployed, live in inadequate and unaffordable housing, have not completed school, and live in financial stress. They may face discrimination in all aspects of their lives including their experience at school, with the health system, getting a job, and their family situation. All of these aspects contribute to their poorer health. </p><p><br></p><p>Reducing these inequities would substantially improve the health of Australians with disability. Improving their health will also increase the overall health of the population, and significantly reduce health and welfare expenditure.</p> Disability;Health inequality;Social determinants of health;Public Health Challenge;Health Economics;Public Policy Issues;Care for Disabled;Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified;Epidemiology 2019-06-30
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