Introduction: While there has been impressive progress in creating and improving
community healthcare delivery systems that support people with intellectual and …

Background/Objectives: Vitamin D is essential for bone health, immune function, and overall
well-being. Numerous ecological, observational, and prospective studies, including …

Research carried out during the past two-decades extended the understanding of actions of
vitamin D, from regulating calcium and phosphate absorption and bone metabolism to many …

Objectives (1) To evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy (5–9 medicines) and excessive
polypharmacy (10+ medicines) and (2) to determine associated demographic and clinical …

Abstract Objective To update the 2011 Canadian guidelines for primary care of adults with
intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Methods Family physicians and other …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
have many well-known health concerns, yet health conditions in adults with ASD remain …

Background As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Canada has committed to protect the rights and dignity of persons with developmental …

Introduction: Detailed data on social determinants of health can facilitate the identification of
inequities in access to health care. We report on a sociodemographic data collection tool …

Objective To perform a sco** review of the empirical evidence between 1980 and 2009
regarding primary care for adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). Data sources Peer-reviewed …

Objective: Antipsychotic use is controversial in the management of adults with intellectual
and developmental disabilities (IDD) because of inconclusive evidence for efficacy in the …