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Finlayson, J.; Morrison, J.; Jackson, A.; Mantry, D.; Cooper, S.-A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Injuries are among the leading causes of death and disability in the world and a major public health concern. Falls are a common cause. Young persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) have a higher rate and different pattern of injuries than the general population, but little is known regarding adults. Methods: The aim of this study…
Descriptors: Accidents, Incidence, Injuries, Public Health
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Martinez-Leal, R.; Salvador-Carulla, L.; Linehan, C.; Walsh, P.; Weber, G.; Van Hove, G.; Maata, T.; Azema, B.; Haveman, M.; Buono, S.; Germanavicius, A.; van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, H.; Tossebro, J.; Carmen-Cara, A.; Berger, D. Moravec; Perry, J.; Kerr, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Despite progress in the process of deinstitutionalisation, very little is known about the health conditions of people with intellectual disability (PWID) who live in large institutions and PWID living in small residential services, family homes or independent living within the community. Furthermore, there are no international…
Descriptors: Obesity, Independent Living, Health Promotion, Mental Retardation
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Sherrard, J.; Ozanne-Smith, J.; Staines, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
Recent research evidence shows that people with intellectual disability (ID) have double the unintentional injury risk of the general population and the risk is further increased in the presence of psychopathology and epilepsy. The pattern of injury and the circumstances surrounding an injury event in those with ID have some similarity with that…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Prevention, Online Systems, Public Health