Socio-spatial inequality among families with children with disabilities who are entitled to cash benefits and welfare services

Uptake focuses on to what extent families’ socio-economic status, immigration background and their geographical location affect the access and use of relevant compensatory benefits and services.

​​​​​​​Budget: 1 090 039 to Nord
Funder: NRC
Start and finish date: 01.07.2020 - 31.12.2023
Consortium: (Coordinating organisation in bold): Oslo Metropolitan University, The Nav, Health Agency (the Municipality of Oslo), Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Association of Disabled (NAD), Norwegian Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Parents Association of Disabled Children, Abloom, The Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University (US), National Institute of Research and Training on Disabilities and Adapted Teachings (France), Nord University, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, University of Antwerp (Belgium)

Researchers at FSV:

  • Cecilie Høj Anvik

Abstract:

Insight into the uptake and d​​elivery of benefits and services among parents of children with disabilities. These families may encounter a unique set of challenges, such as struggling to uptake benefits and services that may extend beyond the intense need for caregiving itself. Uptake focuses on to what extent families’ socio-economic status, immigration background and their geographical location affect the access and use of relevant compensatory benefits and services. It also explores how health and care services work to provide adequate and efficient services for families with children with disabilities and how the involved agencies work together with the families to improve user involvement in the provision process.