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Let's Talk about Health: Engaging College Students with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities and Support Staff in Conversations about Health and Wellness Needs
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Let's Talk about Health: Engaging College Students with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities and Support Staff in Conversations about Health and Wellness Needs

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This study explored the health experiences and health promotion needs of college students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) through individual interviews with current college seniors (n = 5) and recent college graduates (n = 3) with IDD, and support staff (n = 9) within a Southeastern university’s inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) program. Interviews with college seniors and recent graduates with IDD involved photo elicitation and a que-sorting exercise.  Interviews with IPSE program staff involved reactions to the que-sorting results of the interviewees with IDD. Thematic findings from current college seniors/recent college graduates with IDD and IPSE program staff are discussed. 

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  • health, wellness, college students, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, inclusive postsecondary education programs

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Oakes, L., Hickerson, B., Milroy, J., Oakes, L., Hickerson, B., Milroy, J. & Oakes, L., (2020) “Let's Talk about Health: Engaging College Students with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities and Support Staff in Conversations about Health and Wellness Needs”, Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education 2(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.13021/jipe.2020.2476

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  • Published on 25 February 2020
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