Efficacy of a Health Intervention for People with Intellectual Disabilities

说明(申请人提供)：包括或针对残疾人的健康促进和疾病预防项目相对较少，更少的项目侧重于智力残疾个人。拟议项目的长期目标是通过确定健康促进计划的效力并促进其采用来增加智力残疾人的健康。拟议的项目将设在俄勒冈健康与科学大学的社区可访问性中心(CCA)。共同评估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已经确定了在交叉残疾人群中进行HL干预在增加健康行为采用率方面的有效性。拟议的在智障人士中促进健康生活方式项目的具体目的是对智障成年人的健康生活方式(HL)计划的有效性进行实证测试。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干预测试，并将结果与另外75名未接受干预的成年人的结果进行比较。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发表，并在社区合作伙伴的协助下发表在同行评议的期刊上。

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.