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Treat me right, treat me equal: using national policy and legislation to create positive changes in local health services for people with intellectual disabilities

Roberts A, Townsend S, Morris J, Rushbrooke E, Greenhill B, Whitehead R, Matthews T, Golding L. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme, Division of Clinical Psychology, The University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, UK. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2013 Jan;26(1):14-25. doi: 10.1111/jar.12009. BACKGROUND: Creative use of legislation can produce positive change in the lives of […]

Physical function and health status in aging Puerto Rican adults: the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

Castaneda-Sceppa C, Price LL, Noel SE, Bassett Midle J, Falcon LM, Tucker KL. Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. J Aging Health. 2010 Aug;22(5):653-72. doi: 10.1177/0898264310366738. Epub 2010 May 21. OBJECTIVES: This article describes physical function in Puerto Rican older adults and examines associations between health status and physical function. It also assesses relationships between physical […]

Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare use, delayed care, and management of diabetes mellitus in older adults in California

Kim G, Ford KL, Chiriboga DA, Sorkin DH. Center for Mental Health and Aging, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA. Giyeon.Kim@ua.edu. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Dec;60(12):2319-25. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12003. Epub 2012 Nov 29. This study examined racial and ethnic differences in healthcare use, delayed care, and management of care of older adults with a […]

Effects of health screening for adults with intellectual disability: a pooled analysis

Lennox N, Ware R, Bain C, Taylor Gomez M, Cooper SA. Br J Gen Pract. 2011 Mar;61(584):193-6. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X561186. SOURCE: Queensland Centre of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Mater Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. n.lennox@uq.edu.au Health screening has been shown to have beneficial effects on health outcomes in adults […]

Measuring levels of citizen public health emergency preparedness, Jefferson County, Alabama

McCormick LC, Pevear J 3rd, Xie R. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 May-Jun;19(3):266-73. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318264ed8c. SOURCE: Department of Health Care Organizations and Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. lmccormick@uab.edu CONTEXT: Recent disaster experiences in Alabama have highlighted the state’s public health vulnerabilities to natural disasters. To […]

Health and wellness characteristics of persons with traumatic brain injury

Braden CA, Cuthbert JP, Brenner L, Hawley L, Morey C, Newman J, Staniszewski K, Harrison-Felix C. Brain Inj. 2012;26(11):1315-27. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2012.706351. Epub 2012 Aug 9. SOURCE: Research Department, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO 80113, USA. cbraden@craighospital.org OBJECTIVE: To describe health and wellness characteristics of persons with TBI living in the community, compare to other disability populations […]

Physical activity, dietary habits and overall health in overweight and obese children and youth with intellectual disability or autism

Hinckson EA, Dickinson A, Water T, Sands M, Penman L. Centre for Child Health Research, Institute of Public Health and Mental Health, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. erica.hinckson@aut.ac.nz. Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Apr;34(4):1170-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.12.006. Epub 2013 Feb 9. In children and youth with disability, the risk of obesity is higher and is associated […]

Elderly persons in the risk zone. Design of a multidimensional, health-promoting, randomised three-armed controlled trial for “prefrail” people of 80+ years living at home

Dahlin-Ivanoff S, Gosman-Hedström G, Edberg AK, Wilhelmson K, Eklund K, Duner A, Ziden L, Welmer AK, Landahl S. BMC Geriatr. 2010 May 26;10:27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-27. SOURCE: Vårdalinstitutet, The Swedish Institute for Health Sciences, Universities of Gothenburg and Lund, Sweden. Synneve.Dahlin-Ivanoff@gu.se BACKGROUND: The very old (80+) are often described as a “frail” group that is particularly […]

Improving health for elderly people: an international health promotion and disease prevention agenda

Besdine RW, Wetle TF. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2010 Jun;22(3):219-30. SOURCE: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Richard_Besdine@Brown.EDU Across the world, there are substantial but missed opportunities for promoting health of older persons and extending the healthy life span. Current approaches to health care rely on late detection and […]

Health promotion, prevention, and rehabilitation in the elderly

Mau W, Reuter S. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2011 Oct;136(43):2199-204. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1292033. Epub 2011 Oct 18. [Article in German] SOURCE: Institut für Rehabilitationsmedizin, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. wilfried.mau@medizin.uni-halle.de Considering the increasing disability with higher age and the demographic changes health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation are of high relevance for the maintenance and restoration of activity and participation of […]