Speaker: Prof. Hilary K. Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Society and Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Abstract: One in five Canadians 15 years of age and older have a disability, and women are more likely to have disabilities than men. Disabled women face important social, health, and health care inequities. The 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities. However, women with disabilities report that they are under-served in sexual and reproductive health care settings. The Disability and Pregnancy Study was a National Institutes of Health-funded study that examined the pregnancy-related health outcomes and health care experiences of women with disabilities in Ontario. In this presentation, Dr. Hilary Brown will present the findings of the study and discuss how a community-informed approach was used to develop recommendations to improve access and equity in pregnancy care.
This event is part of the UTSC Great Explorations series.
Bio: Hilary Brown, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Health & Society and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She is cross-appointed to the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and is an Adjunct Scientist at Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Dr. Brown holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Disability & Reproductive Health. Her research program examines maternal and child health across the life course, with a particular focus on populations with disabilities and chronic illness, health equity, and the social determinants of health.