Health support of people with intellectual disability and the crucial role of support workers.

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Background

People with intellectual disability have a poorer health status than the general population. In The Netherlands, support workers play a key role in meeting health support needs of people with intellectual disability. Research on how people with intellectual disability and their support workers experience the support worker's role in preventing, identifying, and following up health needs of people with intellectual disability is scarce. To enhance health support of people with intellectual disability it is crucial that we understand how health support is delivered in everyday practice. Therefore, this study investigated experiences of people with intellectual disability and support workers with the health support of people with intellectual disability.

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SUBMITTER: Nijhof K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763292 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature