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  • Healthy living: A health promotion program for adults with intellectual disability

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    Author(s)
    An, Andrea
    McPherson, Lyn
    Urbanowicz, Anna
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    McPherson, Lyn
    Year published
    2018
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    Background: Adults with intellectual disability are more likely to experience a range of physical and mental health problems in comparison to the general population. However with access to appropriate health care and promotion, many of these health problems can be prevented. Objective: To explore the perspectives of stakeholders of a health promotion program established for adults with intellectual disability. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 stakeholders of a health promotion program. Stakeholders included adults with intellectual disability (n = 6), their support persons (n = 4) and program ...
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    Background: Adults with intellectual disability are more likely to experience a range of physical and mental health problems in comparison to the general population. However with access to appropriate health care and promotion, many of these health problems can be prevented. Objective: To explore the perspectives of stakeholders of a health promotion program established for adults with intellectual disability. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 stakeholders of a health promotion program. Stakeholders included adults with intellectual disability (n = 6), their support persons (n = 4) and program presenters (n = 2). Adults with intellectual disability included three males and three females with a mean age of 45.5 years (range 37–51 years). Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Four main themes emerged from the data. The first theme highlights the positive feedback all stakeholders, especially adults with intellectual disability, had for the program and the second focuses on suggestions for changes to improve it. The third and final themes explore how having input from adults with intellectual disability and their support persons, who have a unique understanding of their needs, could be better incorporated into the development of the program. Conclusions: This health promotion program has been well received by people with intellectual disability when incorporated into their weekly social club meetings With encouragement and training, people with intellectual disability and their support workers could be more involved in the development of the program to ensure it is relevant to their needs.
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    Journal Title
    Disability and Health Journal
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2018.03.007
    Copyright Statement
    © 2018 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Medical and Health Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384050
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