Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Emerson, E., Llewellyn, G., Hatton, C., Hindmarsh, G., Robertson, J., Man, W. Y. N., and Baines, S. (2015) The health of parents with and without intellectual impairment in the UK. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59: 1142–1154. doi: 10.1111/jir.12218 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12218/abstract This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The health of parents with and without intellectual impairment in the UK
AU - Emerson, Eric Broughton
AU - Llewellyn, Gwynnyth
AU - Hatton, Christopher Rowan
AU - Hindmarsh, G.
AU - Robertson, Janet Margaret
AU - Man, W. Y. N.
AU - Baines, Susannah May Johnston
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Emerson, E., Llewellyn, G., Hatton, C., Hindmarsh, G., Robertson, J., Man, W. Y. N., and Baines, S. (2015) The health of parents with and without intellectual impairment in the UK. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59: 1142–1154. doi: 10.1111/jir.12218 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12218/abstract This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - BackgroundLittle is known about the health and well-being of the ‘hidden majority’ of parents with mild intellectual disability (ID), who are less likely to be in contact with disability services.MethodWe sought to add to knowledge in this area by examining the health and living conditions of parents with and without intellectual impairment in a large contemporary nationally representative sample of UK parents aged between 16 and 49 years old (n = 14 371).ResultsOur results indicated that, as expected, parents with intellectual impairment were at significantly greater risk than other parents of having poorer self-reported general, mental and physical health. They were also at significantly greater risk of experiencing higher rates of household socio-economic disadvantage and environmental adversities and lower rates of neighbourhood social capital and intergenerational support. Adjusting risk estimates to take account of between group differences in household socio-economic disadvantage eliminated statistically significant differences in health status between parents with and without intellectual impairment on all but one indicator (obesity). Further adjusting risk estimates to take account of between group differences in neighbourhood adversity, neighbourhood social capital and intergenerational support had minimal impact on the results.ConclusionsThat controlling for between-group differences in exposure to socio-economic disadvantage largely eliminated evidence of poorer health among parents with intellectual impairment is consistent with the view that a significant proportion of the poorer health of people with IDs may be attributable to their poorer living conditions rather than biological factors associated with ID per se.
AB - BackgroundLittle is known about the health and well-being of the ‘hidden majority’ of parents with mild intellectual disability (ID), who are less likely to be in contact with disability services.MethodWe sought to add to knowledge in this area by examining the health and living conditions of parents with and without intellectual impairment in a large contemporary nationally representative sample of UK parents aged between 16 and 49 years old (n = 14 371).ResultsOur results indicated that, as expected, parents with intellectual impairment were at significantly greater risk than other parents of having poorer self-reported general, mental and physical health. They were also at significantly greater risk of experiencing higher rates of household socio-economic disadvantage and environmental adversities and lower rates of neighbourhood social capital and intergenerational support. Adjusting risk estimates to take account of between group differences in household socio-economic disadvantage eliminated statistically significant differences in health status between parents with and without intellectual impairment on all but one indicator (obesity). Further adjusting risk estimates to take account of between group differences in neighbourhood adversity, neighbourhood social capital and intergenerational support had minimal impact on the results.ConclusionsThat controlling for between-group differences in exposure to socio-economic disadvantage largely eliminated evidence of poorer health among parents with intellectual impairment is consistent with the view that a significant proportion of the poorer health of people with IDs may be attributable to their poorer living conditions rather than biological factors associated with ID per se.
KW - health
KW - parenting
KW - parents
KW - poverty
KW - socioeconomic disadvantage
U2 - 10.1111/jir.12218
DO - 10.1111/jir.12218
M3 - Journal article
VL - 59
SP - 1142
EP - 1154
JO - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
JF - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
SN - 0964-2633
IS - 12
ER -