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Yue Xu; Miguel Angel Morales; Sandy Magaña; Kelly Hsieh – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) are aging with chronic health issues. However, little is known about the racial disparities in chronic health conditions among adults with IDD. Do racial and ethnic minority adults with IDD experience elevated risk of chronic health conditions like in the general population? How do…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnicity, Chronic Illness, Developmental Disabilities
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Resciniti, Nicholas V.; Hong, Yuan; McDermott, Suzanne – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities often have hypertension and mental illness, and are prescribed medications for treatment. This study examined psychotropic medication adherence as a mediator between the association of residence type and antihypertensive medication adherence for adults with intellectual or developmental…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Adults, Hypertension
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Ruiz, Lisa M.; Damron, Mackenzie; Jones, Kyle B.; Weedon, Dean; Carbone, Paul S.; Bakian, Amanda V.; Bilder, Deborah A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This study describes antipsychotic use and metabolic monitoring rates among individuals with developmental disabilities enrolled in a subspecialty medical home (N = 826). Four hundred ninety-nine participants (60.4%) were taking antipsychotics, which was associated with male gender (p = 0.01), intellectual disability with and without autism…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Drug Use, Drug Therapy, Metabolism
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Havercamp, Susan M.; Tassé, Marc J.; Navas, Patricia; Benson, Betsey A.; Allain, Dawn; Manickam, Kandamurugu – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Background: People with developmental disabilities experience worse health than typically developing peers. This health differential is often described in terms of health disparities, which refers to differences caused or exacerbated by social or access issues. Objective: the goal of this study was to compare the weight status and health…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Height, Adults, Down Syndrome