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This project at University of Illinois at Chicago enhances the health and function of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) over their lifespan through a coordinated set of research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities. The goals of the center are to (1) increase the understanding of health status, health access, and health behaviors of adolescents and adults with I/DD; (2) improve the health and function of persons with I/DD through health promotion interventions; and (3) improve health care access through integrated care practices.
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Research activities include, but are not limited to, national database analyses of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the National Health Interview Survey, Survey of Child Special Health Care Needs, and the Survey of Adult Transition and Health; a continuing prospective cohort study of health behaviors on health and function over a 10-year period, including minorities with I/DD; the development of a technology-based intervention to reduce obesity; and evaluation of the scaling up of the evidence-based “Health Matters” exercise and nutrition program for individuals with I/DD developed by the project under a previous grant.