Health Promotion for Persons with I/DD

最近强调有必要研究消除智力和发育残疾者存在的健康差距的干预措施和方法。然而，目前还没有对与I/DD患者有关的健康促进问题的文献和科学证据进行全面的审查和分析，以供研究人员、教育工作者和临床医生制定课程或干预措施。因此，美国精神发育迟滞协会（AAMR）健康促进和预防委员会的成员提议召开一次全国会议，讨论与I/DD患者人口有关的健康促进主题的科学证据状况。本次会议的目标是：(a)确定影响一般人群和I/DD患者的主要健康促进主题，(b)邀请健康促进和/或I/DD领域的主要医学和研究专家介绍与这些健康促进主题有关的现有科学证据，因为它们与I/DD患者有关，(c)以系统的方式组织现有证据，与推荐此类系统的联邦机构和国家组织保持一致。(d)根据现有文献和科学证据对未来的研究和实践提出建议，以及(e)通过由AAMR出版的由会议论文集、会议录音带和会议书面摘要组成的编辑书籍传播这些信息。用于准备论文的方法将是用于分析科学证据的方法（AHRQ, 1997; Butler & Campbell, 2000）。预计这一初步努力将解决缺乏关键的健康促进和预防信息的问题，并为研究倡议、政策、临床实践和卫生保健结果提供信息。

The need for research on interventions and salutations for eliminating the health disparities that exist for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) have recently been stressed. However, there exists no comprehensive review and analysis of the current literature and scientific evidence on health promotion issues as they relate to people with I/DD for researchers, educators, and clinicians to base curriculum or interventions. Thus, the members of the Health Promotion and Prevention Committee of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) have proposed a national conference to address the state of scientific evidence concerning health promotion topics as they relate to the population of persons with I/DD. The objectives of this conference are: (a) to identify leading topics of health promotion that affect both the general population and persons with I/DD, (b) to invite leading medical and research experts in health promotion and/or I/DD to present the current scientific evidence concerning these topics of health promotion as they relate to persons with I/DD, (c) to organize the current evidence in a systematic manner, in keeping with federal agencies and national organizations that have recommended such systems, (d) to make recommendations for future research and practice as dictated by the available literature and scientific evidence, and (e) to disseminate this information in an edited book consisting of the conference proceedings and published by AAMR, audiotapes of the conference, and a written synopsis of the conference. The methodology used for the preparation of the papers will be that used for the analysis of scientific evidence (AHRQ, 1997; Butler & Campbell, 2000). It is expected that this initial effort will address the absence of critical health promotion and prevention information and inform research initiatives, policy, clinical practice, and health care outcomes.