Efficacy of a Health Intervention for People with Intellectual Disabilities

描述（由申请人提供）：相对而言，很少有健康促进和疾病预防项目包括或针对残疾人，关注智力残疾的人就更少了。拟议项目的长期目标是通过确立健康促进方案的效力并促进其采用，提高智力残疾者的健康水平。拟议的项目将以俄勒冈健康与科学大学社区无障碍中心（CCA）为基础。残疾人协会的使命是提高残疾人的健康和与健康有关的生活质量。CCA进行的一项试点研究证实了HL干预在跨残疾人群中提高健康行为采用的有效性。提出的促进智障人士健康生活方式项目的具体目的是实证检验健康生活方式（HL）方案对成年智障人士的有效性。该项目将采用随机对照研究设计。我们将对75名成年人进行HL干预试验，并将结果与另外75名未接受干预的成年人进行比较。测量将包括人体测量评估，以测量对超重和肥胖的影响，以及健康行为、健康状况、医疗保健利用和次要条件的自我报告测量。研究结果将与研究参与者分享，通过专业会议和通讯进行介绍，并在社区合作伙伴的协助下在同行评议的期刊上发表。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Relatively few health promotion and disease prevention programs have included or targeted people with disabilities, and even fewer have focused on individuals with intellectual disabilities. The long-term objectives of the proposed project are to increase the health of persons with intellectual disabilities by establishing the efficacy of a health promotion program and promoting its adoption. The proposed project will be based in the Center on Community Accessibility (CCA) at Oregon Health & Science University. The mission of CCA is to increase the health and health-related quality of life of persons with disabilities. A pilot study conducted by CCA has established the effectiveness of the HL intervention among a cross-disability population in increasing health behavior adoption. The specific aim of the proposed Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Among People with Intellectual Disabilities project is to empirically test the efficacy of the Healthy Lifestyles (HL) program with adults with intellectual disabilities. The project will use a randomized control study design. We will test the HL intervention with 75 adults and compare results to those of an additional 75 adults who receive no intervention. Measurement will include anthropometric assessments to measure impacts on overweight and obesity, as well as self-report measures of healthy behaviors, health status, health care utilization, and secondary conditions. Results will be shared with research participants, presented through professional conferences and newsletters, and published in peer-reviewed journals with the assistance of community partners.