Access to assistive technology (AT) information in Spanish on state and territory program websites: United States, 2018.

Autor: Grossman BR; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: brg@uic.edu., Martínez Pérez AM; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities, Chicago, IL, USA; Assistive Technology Unit, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA., McNamara E; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities, Chicago, IL, USA; Assistive Technology Unit, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA., Politano P; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities, Chicago, IL, USA; Assistive Technology Unit, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA., Meza Jimenez R; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities, Chicago, IL, USA., Acharya K; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Disability and health journal [Disabil Health J] 2020 Jul; Vol. 13 (3), pp. 100918. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100918
Abstrakt: Background: Compared to non-Hispanic white individuals, assistive technology (AT) utilization is lower among Hispanic individuals. 1-7 In the US, Spanish is the 2nd most frequently spoken language. Greater than one-fifth of Spanish-speaking households are limited English proficiencty (LEP) households (i.e., all individuals over age 14 in the household speak English less than "very well"). 8 Availability of AT materials in Spanish is one factor influencing knowledge about and utilization of AT among Spanish-speakers.
Objective: To examine the availability of Spanish-language AT information on state AT program websites and to assess the relationship between availability and state demographic and linguistic characteristics.
Methods: In 2018, we evaluated 56 state and territory AT program websites for the availability of AT information in Spanish. We calculated 4 measures (US Hispanic population in the state/territory; Hispanic individuals as a proportion of state population; overall Spanish-speaking households, and Spanish-speaking, limited English proficient households) from the 2016 American Community Survey and created ranked lists for each measure. Point biserial (r pb ) correlations were calculated to test associations between each measure and availability of AT information in Spanish on each program's website.
Results: Sixteen program websites (15 states, 1 territory) provided access to Spanish-language AT information. None of the 4 measures were strongly associated with this outcome (r pb ranged from 0.30 to 0.42). For any of the 4 measures, no more than half of states in the top 10 ranks offered online access to AT information in Spanish.
Conclusions: Improving the online availability of AT information in Spanish is necessary to increase equity in AT utilization among Spanish-speaking people with disabilities.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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