Barriers, facilitators, and access for wheelchair users: Substantive and methodologic lessons from a pilot study of environmental effects

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1435-1446

  Meyers, Allan R ^a,b   Anderson, Jennifer J ^a,c,f   Miller, Donald R ^a,c   Shipp, Kathy ^d,e   Hoenig, Helen ^d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Destinations; Life space diameters; Mobility impairment; Reporting consistency; USA

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; BOSTON; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0036804065     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00269-6     Document Type: Article

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