Read & share stories from the July 2024 issue of The Nation's Health >>
Highlights
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While the U.S. has made considerable inroads to improve health access and outcomes among people with IDD, significant gaps and disparities remain.
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With many medical schools spending little or no time on training clinicians to work with people with IDD, students are seeking out programs beyond their universities.
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Nearly 20% of U.S. adults are estimated to be living with a mental illness. But for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, that estimate increases to as high as 35%.
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The U.S. health care system must do better at screening people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for dementia.
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Nearly 200 public health-minded agencies, organizations and hospitals have committed to advancing health in their communities through the Healthy People 2030 Champion program.
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As climate change raises temperatures, incarcerated people are suffering and dying in the extreme heat. People who work in carceral facilities, such as prisons, jails, detention centers and juvenile facilities, must bear extreme temperatures as well.