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Women's Health
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National Women's Check-up Day (pdf file-opens in a new window)
For a word document, click here
The RRTCADD, in collaboration with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and the UIC Center of Excellence Women's Health, will be participating in the National Women's Health Week Check-up Day, on May 10th, 2004.
Healthy Aging - Adults with Intellectual
Disabilities:
Women's Health and Related Issues
Walsh, P.N., Heller, T., Schupf, N., van Schrojenstein
Lantman-de Valk, H. & Working Group. (2000). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health
Organization.
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/womenshealthreport.html
Women with Developmental
Disabilities: Health and Aging
Allison A. Brown and Carol J. Gill, PhD
Major shifts have occurred in the world of disability that have profound implications for health-service provision.
Although health researchers and clinicians have begun to address the health
needs of women with disabilities,
representation of older women with intellectual disabilities in health research
and health-care practice remains inadequate. As the visibility of this group
continues to grow through policies that support greater community integration
and longevity, they and their families, professionals, and advocates will require
more information about their health concerns, and appropriate health services
and options. This article provides an overview of major issues of women with
developmental disabilties within the areas of primary health care, aging, access
to health services, and future directions in research and practice.