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Haveman, Meindert; Perry, Jonathan; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Kerr, Mike; Lantman-De Valk, Henny Van Schrojenstein; Van Hove, Geert; Berger, Dasa Moravec; Azema, Bernard; Buono, Serafino; Cara, Alexandra Carmen; Germanavicius, Arunas; Linehan, Christine; Maatta, Tuomo; Tossebro, Jan; Weber, Germain – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15). Method: The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design…
Descriptors: Public Health, Check Lists, Life Style, Mental Retardation

Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1986
Data from the Massachusetts Service Coordination Battery were analyzed for institutionalized (N=406) and community-based (N=124) mentally retarded adults and for institutionalized (N=460) and community-based (N=95) mentally retarded older adults to determine differences in cognitive, medical, and functional impairment; service needs; and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Community Programs

Applewhite, Steven Lozano – Health & Social Work, 1995
Elderly Mexican Americans (n=25) participated in ethnographic interviews about folk healing and its influence on health care behaviors. Participants relied on modern medicine to treat serious injuries but still considered folk healing a viable alternative when modern health care was unsatisfactory or ineffective. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Adults, Ethnic Groups, Ethnography, Folk Culture