Improving health care for disabled people in COVID-19 and beyond: lessons from Australia and England

A Kavanagh, H Dickinson, G Carey, G Llewellyn… - Disability and health …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has exacerbated pre-existing difficulties children and adults with disability face
accessing quality health care. Some people with disability are at greater risk of contracting …

Access to general practice for people with intellectual disability in Australia: a systematic scoping review

B Shea, J Bailie, SH Dykgraaf, N Fortune, N Lennox… - BMC Primary …, 2022 - Springer
Background People with intellectual disability experience inadequate access to general
practice and poorer health outcomes than the general population. While some access …

'You must carry your wheelchair'–barriers to accessing healthcare in a South African rural area

R Vergunst, L Swartz, G Mji, M MacLachlan… - Global health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background There is international evidence that people with disabilities face barriers when
accessing primary healthcare services and that there is inadequate information about …

A systematic review of intellectual and developmental disability curriculum in international pre-graduate health professional education

L Vi, MI Jiwa, Y Lunsky, A Thakur - BMC Medical Education, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite the increasing global population of individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDD), this population remains especially vulnerable to health …

Inclusive health care for LGBTQ+ youth: Support, belonging, and inclusivity labour

CE Newman, SK Prankumar, R Cover… - Critical Public …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing on findings from a study of two social generations of gender and sexuality diverse
Australians, this paper offers a critical analysis of expectations and experiences of inclusive …

What effect does transition have on health and well‐being in young people with intellectual disabilities? A systematic review

G Young‐Southward, C Philo… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Transition to adulthood might be a risk period for poor health in people with
intellectual disabilities. However, the present authors could find no synthesis of evidence on …

“None of it was especially easy”: improving COVID-19 vaccine equity for people with disabilities

JCH Sebring, G Capurro, C Kelly, CG Jardine… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Our study aimed to (1) identify barriers to equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
for Canadians with disabilities and (2) present recommendations made by study participants …

Attitudes of health care professionals toward people with intellectual disability: a comparison with the general population

D Morin, P Valois, AG Crocker… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Few studies have examined attitudes that may promote the social inclusion of
persons with an intellectual disability (ID) among health care providers (HCPs). Yet these …

Responding to safe care: Healthcare staff experiences caring for a child with intellectual disability in hospital. Implications for practice and training

N Ong, JC Long, J Weise… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Children with intellectual disability are vulnerable to adverse events in hospital
due to limited staff skills and system safeguards. Method A systematic review of the literature …

Trauma, intellectual and/or developmental disability, and multiple, complex needs: A scoping review of the literature

S Cook, R Hole - Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Trauma is a significant underlying factor in the multimorbidity of people with
Intellectual and/or Development Disabilities (IDD). This relationship is further complicated by …