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Health Disparities and Intellectual Disabilities

  • 1st Edition, Volume 48 - July 28, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Christopher Hatton, Eric Emerson
  • Language: English

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, and syndromes of develo… Read more

Description

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, and syndromes of developmental disabilities. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences.

Key features

  • Provides the most recent scholarly research in the study of developmental disabilities
  • A vast range of perspectives is offered, and many topics are covered
  • An excellent resource for academic researchers

Readership

Academic researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology as well as in neuropsychology.

Table of contents

1. Introduction: Health Disparities, Health Inequity and People with Intellectual Disabilities
Chris Hatton and Eric Emerson

2. Health Inequity and Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Eric Emerson and Nick Spencer

3. Identifying and Addressing Disparities in Mortality: U.S. And U.K. Perspectives
Emily Lauer, Pauline Heslop and Matthew Hoghton

4. Health Surveillance and People with Intellectual Disabilities
Chris Hatton, Alexandra Bonardi, Eric Emerson, Michael H. Fox, Gyles Glover, Gloria L. Krahn, Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz and Sue Turner

5. Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Physical and Mental Health Issues and Health Service Use Patterns
C. McMorris, J. Lake, Y. Lunsky, K. Dobranowski, D. Fehlings, M. Bayley, C. McGarry and R. Balogh

6. A Review of Health Surveillance in Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, Lynn Martin and Katherine McKenzie

7. Discrimination and the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities
Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Cathy Vaughan and Eric Emerson

Review quotes

Praise for the Series:
"Belongs on the shelf of every serious student and researcher."  —Journal of Biological Psychology

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 48
  • Published: July 29, 2015
  • Language: English

About the editors

CH

Christopher Hatton

Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Disability Research, Lancaster University, UK

EE

Eric Emerson

Affiliations and expertise
Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK

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