A 4-Week Electronic-Mentoring Employment Intervention for Youth With Physical Disabilities: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty and be unemployed compared with youth without disabilities. Such trends are often a result of a lack of support, inaccessible jobs, environmental barriers, and discriminatory attitudes toward people with disabilities. Youth with disabilities also face barriers in accessing vocational preparation programs. One encouraging way that could help address challenges that youth encounter is by providing support through electronic mentoring (e-mentoring).

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of a 4-week Web-based peer e-mentoring employment intervention for youth with physical disabilities.

Methods

We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate our intervent

SUBMITTER: Lindsay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716490 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature