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Brehmer-Rinderer, B.; Zigrovic, L.; Weber, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Based on the idea of the Common Sense Model of Illness Representations by Leventhal as well as Lohaus's concepts of health and illness, a health behaviour model was designed to explain health behaviours applied by persons with intellectual disabilities (ID). The key proposal of this model is that the way someone understands the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Models, Health Behavior, Comprehension
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Balogh, R. S.; Ouellette-Kuntz, H.; Brownell, M.; Colantonio, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Hospitalisations for ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions are used as an indicator of access to, and the quality of, primary care. The objective was to identify factors associated with hospitalisations for ACS conditions among adults with an intellectual disability (ID) in the context of a publicly insured healthcare system.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Hospitals, Access to Health Care, Primary Health Care
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Young, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Changes in residential accommodation models for adults with intellectual disability (ID) over the last 20 years in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have involved relocation from institutions primarily into dispersed homes in the community. But an evolving alternative service style is the cluster centre. Methods: This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Moderate Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions