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Addressing health disparities through promoting equity for individuals with intellectual disability.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Organising healthcare services for persons with an intellectual disability.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Primary care of adults with developmental disabilities: Canadian consensus guidelines.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2011Guideline
- Characteristics associated with the use of specialized mental healthcare by Norwegian adults with intellectual disability: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Cancer Incidence in People With Intellectual Disability and Down Syndrome in Australia: A Cohort Study.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Improving the health of people with intellectual disability: past progress and future directions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The impact of learning disabilities on control, management, and outcomes of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the UK: an observational cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2025Observational
- Repositioning intellectual disability in the ethics of digital mental health technologies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Experiences, attitudes, and knowledge of medical students regarding intellectual and developmental disability: a Canadian study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Potentially avoidable mortality among adults with intellectual disability.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- Survey results on training in developmental disabilities in Canadian psychiatry residency programs.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2023Article
- Bridging the gap in healthcare: creating an online health information prototype for individuals with intellectual disabilities to promote equity and knowledge transfer.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Exploring views on medical care for people with intellectual disabilities: an international concept mapping study.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- Comparison of unmet health care needs in children with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder and both disorders combined.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2022Article
- Access, understanding, promotion and maintenance of good health: Evaluation of knowledge transfer of people with intellectual disabilities to bridge the health information and disease prevention in public health.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Health check guidelines and billing for family physicians caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Incentives to improve care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2021Article
- Contraceptive Practices and Reproductive Health Considerations for Adolescent and Adult Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature.Sexuality and disability · 2019Article
- Access to health care for older people with intellectual disability: a modelling study to explore the cost-effectiveness of health checks.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mammogram Frequency Among Women With Intellectual Disability.Intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2019Article
- Health Literacy among Individuals with Disabilities: A Health Information National Trends Survey Analysis.The Permanente journal · 2019Article
- Psychiatric diagnoses in older people with intellectual disability in comparison with the general population: a register study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2018Article
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Abstract
Intellectual disabilities (ID) are conditions originating before the age of 18 that result in significant limitations in intellectual functioning and conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills. IDs affect 1 to 3% of the population. Persons with ID are more likely to have physical disabilities, mental health problems, hearing impairments, vision impairments and communication disorders. These co-existing disabilities, combined with the limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviours, make this group of Canadians particularly vulnerable to health disparities. The purpose of this synthesis article is to explore potential contributory factors to health vulnerabilities faced by persons with ID, reveal the extent and nature of health disparities in this population, and examine initiatives to address such differences. The review indicates that persons with ID fare worse than the general population on a number of key health indicators. The factors leading to vulnerability are numerous and complex. They include the way society has viewed ID, the etiology of ID, health damaging behaviours, exposure to unhealthy environments, health-related mobility and inadequate access to essential health and other basic services. For persons with ID there are important disparities in access to care that are difficult to disentangle from discriminatory values and practice. Policy-makers in the United States, England and Scotland have recently begun to address these issues. It is recommended that a clear vision for health policy and strategies be created to address health disparities faced by persons with ID in Canada.
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