Dear Comparative Policy and Practice SIRG Members,
I would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Edition of JPPID (Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities) titled ‘International perspectives on healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities’.
Countries have developed different models of health and medical care for people with IDD, ranging from the development of specialized IDD services to the enhancement of mainstream community health services. Therefore, the organization of health care for people with IDD differs internationally. However, across the globe, people with IDD are often overlooked in the organization of healthcare leading to poor healthcare.
Health inequity requires active advocacy for improvements. The different international responses to the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have shown that understanding the context in which healthcare for people with IDD is provided is important to learn from other countries and improve the healthcare for people with IDD.
There is a need for a better understanding of the different international models of health and medical care for people with IDD.
This JPPID special issue invites international authors to provide a comprehensive description of policy developments, service design, practice, and approaches to service user empowerment in health and medical care for people with IDD in their country.
Please see the attached PDF flyer and further information on the proposed template for each national contribution.
Feel free to distribute this flyer within your own network.
Enquiries
Pre-submission inquiries (which could just be a few lines on your ideas your paper) can be directed to Marian.Breuer@radboudumc.nl.