Improving health care and welfare services for individuals with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities focusing on transition from child care to adult care: A father of a daughter with Dravet syndrome speaks out

In high-income countries, about 5/1000 adults have intellectual disabilities. Population prevalence of intellectual disabilities is higher in children/young persons than adults, and prevalence decreases in older age groups to about 2/1000 over the age of 65. Intellectual disabilities are more common in boys/men, and in low-income countries; prevalence varies with geography and over time. Mental ill health is more common in people with intellectual disabilities than in the general population, with a point prevalence of 41% in adults and 36% in children/young people. Physical health problems and disabilities are common, and multi-morbidity and polypharmacy typical in people with intellectual disabilities; hence, clinical assessment and management are complex. The lifespan of people with intellectual disabilities is currently about 20 years less than that of other people, and more than 37% of their deaths are preventable deaths amenable to high-quality health care. Improving health care for people with intellectual disabilities needs to become a priority for clinicians, service commissioners, and policymakers.

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Informed consumers can play a vital role in improving health care quality

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556892006-018 ◽

2000 ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Quality ◽

Vital Role ◽

Care Quality ◽

Improving Health Care

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Prospects of the Palestinians in Israel: II: The Arab Population in the Israeli Economy. . Aziz Haidar. ; Social Welfare Services for Israel's Arab Population. . Aziz Haidar. ; Education and Social Change among the Arabs in Israel. . Majid Al-Haj. ; Arab Local Government in Israel. . Majid Al-Haj, Henry Rosenfeld. ; The Health Care of the Arabs in Israel. . Nira Reiss.

Journal of Palestine Studies ◽

10.1525/jps.1993.22.4.00p0007d ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 73-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Elia Zureik

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Change ◽

Local Government ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Arab Population ◽

Welfare Services ◽

Social Welfare Services ◽

Education And Social Change ◽

Palestinians In Israel ◽

Israeli Economy

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A Scoping Review of Interventions Aimed at Improving Knowledge, Detection Practices and Management of Dementia among Health Professionals (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.20587 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Krishna Krishna Prasad Pathak

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Educational Program ◽

Best Practice ◽

Intervention Studies ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Improving Health Care

BACKGROUND Health professionals (HPs) play a key role in dementia management and detection. However, there is a gap in the literature as to what represents best practice with regard to educating HPs to improve their dementia detection practices and management. OBJECTIVE The objective of this scoping review is to synthesize the aggregated studies aimed at improving health care knowledge, detection practices and management of dementia among HPs. METHODS We searched electronically published relevant articles with inclusion criteria; (1) intervention studies aimed at improving HPs practices concerning dementia care and (2) educational interventions focused on nurses and doctors’ knowledge, detection practice and management of dementia. Twenty-five articles fit the inclusion criteria. RESULTS Collaborative programs of practice based workshops, interactive learning activities with community and multi-faced educational program were the most effective. CONCLUSIONS HPs should be supported to improve their knowledge, tackle behavioural problems associated with dementia, be made aware of services and be enabled to engage in more early diagnosis. CLINICALTRIAL no applicable

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