Academic Articles & Research Papers

Incidence, Prevalence, Mortality, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Cancer Among Adolescents Aged 10-19 Years in Iran, 1990-2023: A Trend Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study.

Azarbakhsh H, Hamedi A, Amiri S, Dehghani SP et al. • Health science reports (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.73397 PMC: PMC13729004

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Uncovering disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis: a practical guide.

Van Wijmeersch B, Oreja-Guevara C, Magyari M, Airas L et al. • Journal of neurology (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1007/s00415-026-14212-2 PMC: PMC13731484

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Heterogeneous associations between socioeconomic position and rehabilitation use among older adults with physical disabilities: moderating roles of disability severity and marital status.

Wang Y, Zhang C, Yan X, Wang L et al. • BMC health services research (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-15270-y PMC: PMC13733250

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Beyond the Screen: Reframing Virtual Reality as an Accessibility Technology for Autistic Individuals Through the Social Model of Disability.

Machado S, Souza de Sá Filho A, Ferreira-Garcia R, Gonçalves LL et al. • Alpha psychiatry (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.31083/AP56107 PMC: PMC13731995

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Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of resilience in individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Hawkins M, Strouphauer E, McCarty R, Marks N et al. • Disability and health journal (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2026.102113 PMC: PMC13739060

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The promise and peril of AI for disability health equity: A justice-centered narrative review.

Dalal J, Teodoro D, Velarde MR • PLOS digital health (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001663 PMC: PMC13533375

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Temporal trend and factors associated with physical disability due to leprosyl: a time series study, Brazil, 2014-2023.

Araújo EDS, Batista JFC, Santos YIN, Almeida-Santos MA • Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1590/S2237-96222026v35e20240899.en PMC: PMC13138604

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Chronic Disease and Disability in the United States: Trends, Inequities, and Imperatives for Policy Reform.

Mokdad AH, Dwyer-Lindgren L, Murray CJL • The Milbank quarterly (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70109 PMC: PMC13559945

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The association of disability status with job tenure for U.S. workers.

Brucker DL, Henly M, Rafal M • Work (Reading, Mass.) (2022)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205004 PMC: PMC13573171

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Disability inclusion as a missing pillar of Africa's non-communicable disease response.

Seidu AA, Osborne A, Agbadi P, Ganle JK et al. • BMJ global health (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2026-025577 PMC: PMC13583762

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Disability and Biomedical HIV Prevention: The Missing Equity Dimension.

De Maria F, Fusco P, Russo A • Viruses (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.3390/v18091017 PMC: PMC13611832

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Reducing oral frailty improves functional independence in older Brazilians: a causal inference study of disability-free survival using longitudinal modified treatment policies.

Tay JRH, Li H, Peres KG, Malhotra R et al. • Innovation in aging (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igag091 PMC: PMC13616044

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Invisibility, hypervisibility, relational visibility, and collective adaptation: inuit experiences of disability.

Ryan CR, Diakite N • International journal of circumpolar health (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2026.2735109 PMC: PMC13618109

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Gender disparities in disability persist while healthcare access shows no net improvement in South Africa: a general household survey trend analysis, 2020-2024.

Sithole T, Mdluli TN • Frontiers in public health (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1917714 PMC: PMC13619416

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Burden of Deaths and Disability-adjusted Life Years Attributable to Suboptimal High Temperature in India: Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Estimates (1990-2021).

Kochhar S, Chaudhary D, Ummat A, Ummat K et al. • Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_706_25 PMC: PMC13645121

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Geospatial inequalities in severe leprosy disability in Pernambuco before and during COVID-19.

Melo ATL, Galvão PVM, Correia CDC • The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2026.105968 PMC: PMC13654020

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The Role of Self-Collection in Optimising Cervical Screening for People With Intellectual Disability: A Multi Perspective Qualitative Study.

Winkler L, Power R, Allison KR, Strnadová I et al. • Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1111/hex.70920 PMC: PMC13696019

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Child disability in Spain: maternal age as main correlate of etiology, severity and extension.

Seiz M • The European Journal of Public Health (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckag169.2074 PMC: PMC13698904

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Functional Disability Mediates the Association Between Low Back Pain and Sleep Disturbance: Evidence from a Population-Based Study in Japan.

Kawabata S, Kurita N, Nikaido T, Tominaga R et al. • Spine (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005576 PMC: PMC13704695

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Institutional contexts structure wellbeing-relevant psychosocial opportunities in residential disability services: a national documentary analysis in Romania.

Corman S • Frontiers in psychology (2026)

PMC PMC Public Access (View-Only) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1968704 PMC: PMC13696234

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