Health inequalities and the ‘hidden majority’ of adults with learning disabilities

Publication type

Media

Publication date

October 4, 2016

Source

Publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk

Link

https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2016/10/04/health-inequalities-and-the-hidden-majority-of-adults-with-learning-disabilities/

Notes

Is based on the following articles: Emerson, E., Hatton, C., Baines, S., and Robertson, J. (2016) ‘The physical health of British adults with intellectual disability: cross sectional study’, International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0296-x ; Emerson, E., Hatton, C., Robertson, J., and Baines, S. (2014) ‘Perceptions of neighbourhood quality, social and civic participation and the self rated health of British adults with intellectual disability: cross sectional study’, BMC Public Health, 14(1):1252. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1252 ; Emerson, E., Krnjacki, L., Llewellyn, G., Vaughan, C., and Kavanagh, A. (2016) ‘Perceptions of safety and exposure to violence in public places among working age adults with disabilities or long-term health conditions in the UK: cross sectional study’, Public Health, 135:91-96. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.10.036 ; Emerson, E., Llewellyn, G., Hatton, C., Hindmarsh, G., Robertson, J., Man, W.Y.N., and Baines, S. (2015) ‘The health of parents with and without intellectual impairment in the UK', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59(12):1142-1154. doi: 10.1111/jir.12218 ; Emerson, E., Robertson, J., Baines, S., and Hatton, C. (2014) ‘The self-rated health of British adults with intellectual disability’, Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(3):591-596. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.01.005 ; Hatton, C., Emerson, E., Robertson, J., and Baines, S. (2017)’ The mental health of British adults with intellectual impairments living in general households’, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(1):188-197. doi: 10.1111/jar.12232 ; Robertson, J., Emerson, E., Baines, S., and Hatton, C. (2014) ‘Obesity and health behaviours of British adults with self-reported intellectual impairments: cross sectional survey’, BMC Public Health, 14:219. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-219

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