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Emergency Department Use: Common Presenting Issues and Continuity of Care for Individuals with and without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Durbin, Anna; Balogh, Robert; Lin, Elizabeth; Wilton, Andrew S.; Lunsky, Yona – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This population-based cohort study examined the relationship between level of continuity of primary care and subsequent emergency department (ED) visits for adults with (n = 66,484) and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)(n = 2,760,670). Individuals with IDD were more likely than individuals with no IDD to visit the ED…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Adults, Medical Services
Better Access to Primary Healthcare for Adults with Learning Disabilities: Evaluation of a Group Programme to Improve Knowledge and Skills
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Webb, Jenny; Stanton, Melanie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
The health of people with learning disabilities is poor when compared with the general population but this difference is not reflected in higher rates of access to primary healthcare. This paper will report on a study undertaken to run and evaluate a 12-week programme to enable people with learning disabilities to better access primary healthcare.…
Descriptors: Adults, Primary Health Care, Access to Health Care, Developmental Disabilities
Translating Policy Principles into Practice to Improve Health Care Access for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Research Review of the Past Decade
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Krahn, Glora L.; Drum, Charles, E. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2007
This article extracts principles from two Surgeon General reports, "Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation" (2002) and "Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities" (2005), and combines them with the Objectives from "Chapter 6 of Healthy People 2010" to…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities
Helping Smokers Make Decisions: The Enhancement of Brief Intervention for General Medical Practice.
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Rollnick, Stephen; Butler, Chris C.; Stott, Nigel – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Patient-centered strategies derived from the stages of change model, and motivational interviewing are used to develop a structured, teachable, and acceptable intervention for clinicians to help patients consider their smoking during general medical consultations. The method is described. Results for the model, tested on 270 smokers, are…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Decision Making, Intervention
The Well: A Neighborhood-Based Health Promotion Model for Black Women.
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Brown, Karin A. Elliott; Jemmott, Frances E.; Mitchell, Holly J.; Walton, Mary L. – Health & Social Work, 1998
A community-based, drop-in, self-help wellness center representing an empowerment approach to developing culturally appropriate health promotion for black women is described. The program, affiliated services, and jointly sponsored programs are reviewed. Relationships with supporting organizations, strengths and pitfalls of the model, and program…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Blacks