Health care access for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review

HJ Williamson, GM Contreras… - OTJR: occupation …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) often experience health
disparities. To address disparities, Healthy People 2020 includes specific disability and …

Nurses' attitudes, beliefs, and emotions toward caring for adults with intellectual disabilities: An integrative review

M Desroches - Nursing Forum, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Negative health‐care provider attitudes are a contributing factor to the myriad
health disparities faced by people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Nursing comprises the …

Impact of COVID-19: Nursing challenges to meeting the care needs of people with developmental disabilities

ML Desroches, S Ailey, K Fisher, J Stych - Disability and health journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Background People with developmental disabilities (DD) are a population at high-risk for
poor outcomes related to COVID-19. COVID-19-specific risks, including greater …

Ableism, racism, and the quality of life of Black, Indigenous, people of colour with intellectual and developmental disabilities

C Friedman - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Research indicates Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) with
intellectual and developmental disabilities face disparities in quality of life outcomes. This …

Nurses' attitudes and emotions toward caring for adults with intellectual disabilities: Results of a cross‐sectional, correlational‐predictive research study

ML Desroches, KA Sethares, C Curtin… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Negative healthcare provider attitudes may contribute to healthcare disparities
in adults with intellectual disabilities. This study identified predictors of nurses' attitudes and …

Disability doesn't discriminate: health inequities at the intersection of race and disability

B Dorsey Holliman, M Stransky, N Dieujuste… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objectives Given the prevalence of discrimination experienced by racial and ethnic
minorities living with disabilities, it is likely that racism experienced by Black, Indigenous …

Predicting retention for a diverse and inclusive child welfare workforce

W Zeitlin, CK Lawrence, S Armendariz… - Human Service …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Retaining staff remains a challenge for public and private child welfare organizations, and
current research does not explain the underrepresentation of workers of Color in leadership …

What do we know about the health and health care of people with intellectual disabilities from minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom? A systematic review

J Robertson, R Raghavan, E Emerson… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background People with from minority ethnic communities face inequalities in health and
health care. This systematic review considers the question of what we know about the health …

Intellectual disabilities and autism among children with congenital heart defects, Western Australia, 1983–2010

E Bircan, MD Politis, Y Gokun, C Luo, H Leonard… - BMC pediatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are at higher risk of developing
an intellectual disability. However, severity of intellectual disabilities among this group of …

An examination of support needs, supports, and outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

P Dinora, SM Prohn, M Bogenschutz… - Intellectual and …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Researchers used a merged dataset to examine if more resources were expended on those
with greater support needs and if support needs impacted personal outcomes when …