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Cherry, Elizabeth; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Emerson, Eric; Tichá, Renata – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
This study identifies factors (state of residence, personal characteristics, and living situation) associated with access to self-directed funding (SDF) for adults with intellectual disability in the United States. Data from 10,033 participants from 26 states in the 2012-2013 National Core Indicators Adult Consumer Survey were analyzed. We…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Place of Residence, Individual Characteristics, Geographic Location
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Doyle, Anne; O'Sullivan, Michael; Craig, Sarah; McConkey, Roy – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
The Irish National Intellectual Disability Database is updated annually and in 2017 contained records for nearly 22,000 persons aged 15 years and over. Information was extracted on the contacts each person had with one of eight health professionals in the years 2007, 2012 and 2017. Over these years, there was an increase in the number of people in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Health Care, Intellectual Disability, Late Adolescents
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McConkey, Roy; Taggart, Laurence; Kane, Molly – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
The provision of an annual health check for adult persons with an intellectual disability is intended to counter the health inequalities experienced by this population. This study documents the uptake of checks across general practitioner (GP) practices in Northern Ireland over a 3-year period. In all, 84% of GP practices provided health checks…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Health Promotion, Access to Health Care