Health Promotion for Persons with I/DD

最近强调需要研究干预措施和问候语，以消除智力和发育障碍者之间存在的健康差距。然而，目前关于健康促进问题的文献和科学证据还没有全面的回顾和分析，因为它们与I/DD患者有关，供研究人员、教育工作者和临床医生作为课程或干预的基础。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，讨论与健康促进主题有关的科学证据状况，因为这些主题与I/DD患者的人口有关。本次会议的目标是：(A)确定对一般人群和患有I/DD的人都有影响的主要健康促进专题；(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I/DD患者有关的这些健康促进专题的当前科学证据；(C)按照推荐此类系统的联邦机构和国家组织的要求，系统地组织现有证据；(D)根据现有文献和科学证据，为今后的研究和实践提出建议。以及(E)以编辑过的书传播这一信息，该书包括由AAMR出版的会议记录、会议的录音带和会议的书面提要。准备论文所使用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.