People with intellectual disability are more likely to have problems with heart health than people without intellectual disability.
Lots of things can increase the risk of heart problems including:
- being overweight
- smoking/vaping
- not doing enough exercise
- eating unhealthy food
- side effects of mental health medications
- sleep
It is important that healthcare professionals help patients with intellectual disability to stay healthy and reduce the risk of heart problems.
This project is about making a simple tool for health professionals to help them notice when someone with intellectual disability needs help with their health.
We are updating a health resource that was first made in 2016.
The new resource will use a simple traffic light system:
🔴 Red = Needs help
🟡 Yellow = Recommendations
🟢 Green = Target
Ethics: this study has been approved….
Project timeline: Month/Year - Month /Year
Project team: Julian Trollor, Emma Suzuki, Rory Keyes and Rebecca Koncz from the 3DN are on the project team. Health experts and researchers, people with lived experience of disability, and carers and support workers are also on the team.
Project Funding: The project is funded by NSW Health (opens in a new tab) and supported by Mindgardens (opens in a new tab) and other partners.
