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Cancer and Breast Cancer Awareness Interventions in an Intellectual Disability Context: A Review of the Literature
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Walsh, S.; O'Mahony, M.; Lehane, E.; Farrell, D.; Taggart, L.; Kelly, L.; Sahm, L.; Byrne, A.; Corrigan, M.; Caples, M.; Martin, A. M.; Tabirca, S.; Corrigan, M. A.; Hegarty, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Women with an intellectual disability (ID) have a similar risk of developing breast cancer as women in the general population yet present with later stage breast cancers, which have poorer outcomes. Aim: To identify whether there is a need to develop a breast cancer awareness intervention for women with an ID. Methods: Interventions…
Descriptors: Cancer, Females, Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons
Meeting the Need: Creation of an Online Infection Prevention Course by the Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing for Direct Support Professionals during COVID-19
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Kiss, Elizabeth A.; Redlo, Jesse M. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommended that direct support professionals (DSPs) take additional steps to protect people with disabilities during COVID-19 and receive training on the use of personal protective equipment and infection prevention. The Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing identified this as an unmet need…
Descriptors: Disabilities, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Needs