Collaborative Research - Quality Outcomes
Collaborative Research - Quality Outcomes

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are a complex, vulnerable population known to experience health inequities. Interprofessional primary health care (PHC) teams are recommended to improve access to comprehensive and coordinated health care for these individuals. A new study performed a scoping review to map the available evidence for interprofessional PHC for adults with IDD. Despite the global search strategy, only 20 studies were reviewed, mainly from the United States and Canada. The findings represent only a few distinct interprofessional PHC team models of care and multiple contributions from a small pool of researchers. Roles for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and mental health care providers were identified. Overall, there was no consistent reporting of outcomes across studies, and outcomes specifically related to many interprofessional services were not captured. Progress has been made to describe and evaluate care for adults with IDD within interprofessional PHC teams. However, more research is needed to demonstrate that quality, comprehensive, and coordinated interprofessional PHC is provided to adults with IDD. Read about additional findings from the study here: http://bit.ly/PHCteams

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