TY - JOUR
T1 - Providing quality employment services to people living with asthma in the vocational rehabilitation program
T2 - A model for meeting the needs of an emerging clientele
AU - Rumrill, Phillip D.
AU - Romeo, Judiann Mc Crone
AU - Wickert, Kimberly
AU - Sheppard-Jones, Kathleen
AU - Park, Sara
AU - Souders, Juliet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/6/13
Y1 - 2023/6/13
N2 - BACKGROUND: With incidence and prevalence rates of asthma diagnoses steadily increasing in the United States and worldwide over the past 30 years, people with asthma are an emerging vocational rehabilitation (VR) consumer population. OBJECTIVE: This article describes the job acquisition and return to work considerations facing employees with asthma. METHODS: Following an overview of the etiology, incidence, prevalence, and career development implications of this chronic respiratory disease, the authors present career preparatory and return to work recommendations to meet the needs of Americans with asthma across the phases of the VR process. RESULTS: The importance of access to quality healthcare, lifestyle, and environmental modifications to promote respiratory health, employer consultation, workplace accommodations and universal design, and interface with medical and mental health professionals is emphasized throughout the article. CONCLUSION: Asthma is an emerging disability that disproportionally affects people of color and people who live in poverty. Rehabilitation professionals must be prepared to meet the needs of this growing and diverse clientele as people with asthma seek assistance from the VR program in acquiring, maintaining, and advancing in meaningful, satisfying employment.
AB - BACKGROUND: With incidence and prevalence rates of asthma diagnoses steadily increasing in the United States and worldwide over the past 30 years, people with asthma are an emerging vocational rehabilitation (VR) consumer population. OBJECTIVE: This article describes the job acquisition and return to work considerations facing employees with asthma. METHODS: Following an overview of the etiology, incidence, prevalence, and career development implications of this chronic respiratory disease, the authors present career preparatory and return to work recommendations to meet the needs of Americans with asthma across the phases of the VR process. RESULTS: The importance of access to quality healthcare, lifestyle, and environmental modifications to promote respiratory health, employer consultation, workplace accommodations and universal design, and interface with medical and mental health professionals is emphasized throughout the article. CONCLUSION: Asthma is an emerging disability that disproportionally affects people of color and people who live in poverty. Rehabilitation professionals must be prepared to meet the needs of this growing and diverse clientele as people with asthma seek assistance from the VR program in acquiring, maintaining, and advancing in meaningful, satisfying employment.
KW - Vocational guidance
KW - rehabilitation research
KW - respiratory diseases
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U2 - 10.3233/WOR-236015
DO - 10.3233/WOR-236015
M3 - Article
C2 - 37092209
AN - SCOPUS:85163919701
SN - 1051-9815
VL - 75
SP - 367
EP - 374
JO - Work
JF - Work
IS - 2
ER -