Collaborative Research - Quality Outcomes
Collaborative Research - Quality Outcomes

Impact of Interventions on Primary Care

Efforts in Ontario since 2006 to improve the provision of primary care to adults with IDD were the focus of a recent study led by Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz. The authors compared preventive care provided through primary care to adults with IDD aged 40-64 from 2003 and 2016 to determine any impact the interventions had. While a small increase in provision for preventive care was seen for men, no change was seen for women, suggesting a small population-level impact. Read the full methodology and the authors’ recommendations for future research here: https://bit.ly/2pK6XZz.

Global Prevalence of Intellectual Disabilities

After a 2009 study reported that about 1% of the global population was affected by an intellectual disability, a systematic review conducted by MAPS sought to update this statistic with recent studies. While researchers found that there was a global interest in understanding the prevalence of intellectual disabilities and a potential lower occurrence than originally reported in 2009, differences in measurements, definitions, and case reporting between the studies prevented strong comparisons to be made. Read more about the details of the study, plus the findings on the incidence of intellectual disabilities, here: https://bit.ly/2RgmmNG

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