Health Promotion

Improving health behaviours of Latina mothers of youths and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Magaña, S., Li, H., Miranda, E., & Paradiso, R. (2014) Improving health behaviors of Latina mothers of youths and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. doi: 10.1111/jir.12139

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Interventions to promote health: crossing networks of intellectual and developmental disabilities and aging

Heller, T., Fisher, D., Marks, B., & Hsieh, K. (2014) Interventions to promote health: crossing networks of intellectual and developmental disabilities and aging. Disability and Health Journal, 7, S24-S32. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193665741300109X

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Health Promotion for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Laurence Taggart and Wendy Cousins About the book http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/033524694X.html People with learning disabilities are affected by significantly more health problems than the general population and are much more likely to have significant health risks. Yet evidence suggests they are not receiving the same level of health education and health promotion opportunities as other members of

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Efficacy of the HealthMatters Program Train-the-Trainer Model

Efficacy of the HealthMatters Program Train-the-Trainer ModelMarks B, Sisirak J, Chang YC. (2013). Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26, 319-334. Article Link AbstractBACKGROUND: This study examines the efficacy of a staff-led, health promotion intervention entitled HealthMatters Program: Train-the-Trainer Model to improve health among adults with intellectual disabilities. While data support the benefits of health

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Consensus Recommendations for the Evaluation and Management of Dementia in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Moran, J.A., Rafii, M.S., Keller, S.M., Singh, B.K., & Janicki, M.P. (2013). Consensus Recommendations for the Evaluation and Management of Dementia in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities. In press. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849993

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