Closing the nursing leadership gap: Leveraging partnerships with people with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities

Monumental changes in health care are needed and highly likely when nurses lead, specifically in the health outcomes for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) and developmental disabilities (DD), their families, and the community. Individuals with ID/DD represent approximately 17% of the US population, and experience higher morbidity and mortality rates at earlier ages compared to the general populous (Cooper et al., 2015). Unfortunately, access to primary medical and mental health care services is even lower compared to persons without disabilities (Doherty et al., 2020).

Source: Nursing Outlook - September 6, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: J. Carolyn Graff, Mark Fisher, Lucinda Hill, Regine Placide Reaves, Serge ’ R. Nelson, Cecily L. Betz Source Type: research