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The Health and Economic Well‐Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments

The Health and Economic Well‐Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments Published for the British Institute of Learning Disabilities Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 2017, 30, 456–468 SPECIAL ISSUE The Health and Economic Well-Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments Robyn M. Powell, Susan L. Parish and Ilhom Akobirshoev Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, MA, USA Accepted for publication 3 October 2016 Background While the United States has seen increased Results US Mothers with intellectual impairments are attention by policymakers on the rights of parents with more likely to report serious health conditions, have disabilities, there is limited understanding of the health less instrumental support, live in poverty, receive and economic well-being of parents with intellectual public benefits and experience certain material impairments. This study compares the health and hardships. economic well-being of mothers with and without Conclusion Findings from this study indicate the need intellectual impairments. for policies and programmes to support parents with Methods This descriptive, exploratory study is a intellectual impairments by addressing their health and secondary analysis of the Fragile Families and Child economic needs. Wellbeing Study. This study includes a subsample of mothers of three-year-old children (n = 1561), including Keywords: economic well-being, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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1360-2322
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1468-3148
DOI
10.1111/jar.12308
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28321970
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Published for the British Institute of Learning Disabilities Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 2017, 30, 456–468 SPECIAL ISSUE The Health and Economic Well-Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments Robyn M. Powell, Susan L. Parish and Ilhom Akobirshoev Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, MA, USA Accepted for publication 3 October 2016 Background While the United States has seen increased Results US Mothers with intellectual impairments are attention by policymakers on the rights of parents with more likely to report serious health conditions, have disabilities, there is limited understanding of the health less instrumental support, live in poverty, receive and economic well-being of parents with intellectual public benefits and experience certain material impairments. This study compares the health and hardships. economic well-being of mothers with and without Conclusion Findings from this study indicate the need intellectual impairments. for policies and programmes to support parents with Methods This descriptive, exploratory study is a intellectual impairments by addressing their health and secondary analysis of the Fragile Families and Child economic needs. Wellbeing Study. This study includes a subsample of mothers of three-year-old children (n = 1561), including Keywords: economic well-being,

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley

Published: May 1, 2017

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