Chairperson
Prof. Bob Davis (AU): [email protected]
Secretary: Henny van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk (NL) [email protected]
Steering Committee
Mike Kerr (UK), Past Chairperson: [email protected]
Nick Lennox (AU): [email protected]
David O Hara (US): [email protected]
Helene Ouellette (CA): [email protected]
Marijke Meijer NL): [email protected]
Heleen Evenhuis (NL) Past Chairperson: [email protected]
Mark Scheepers (UK)Treasurer: [email protected]
Monica Björkman (SE): [email protected]
Leslie Rubin (US): [email protected]
Joav Merrick (IL): [email protected]
The Special Interest Research Group on Health Issues was founded in 1996.
Mission
The mission of the Special interest Research Group on Health is to promote physical
health of people with an intellectual disability. This is done by formulating
priorities for health care, research and training and by sharing ideas and results.
The SIRG organizes annual roundtables in varying countries around specific themes,
consisting of update lectures
Membership
Its membership is open to:
- Researchers in the broad field of health and health care for people with
intellectual disabilities
- Practitioners in health care general practitioners (family doctors), medical
specialists, physiotherapists, speech and hearing therapists, optometrists,
dieticians, dentists, and nurses and others interested in health issues)
- Family members or other significant persons in the lives of persons with
intellectual disabilities
- Representatives of volunteers or service organizations
For membership: contact Henny van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk : [email protected]
or write to:
Henny van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk
Dept of General Practice Maastricht University
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Upcoming meetings: Roundtable 2009 Kingston, Canada : http://www.iassid.org/pdf/health.pdf
Inquiries : Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz: [email protected]
IASSID Health Issues July 2009 Newsletter :
IASSID Health Issues July 2009 Newsletter
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IASSID Health Issues SIRG
2009 Round Table
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
September 8-10, 2009
To learn more and to register: click here
Inquiries - Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz: [email protected]
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The group has held roundtables in
Leiden, the Netherlands (1998)
Manchester, England (1999)
Seattle, US (2000) IASSID World Congress
Gothenburg, Sweden (2001)
Dublin, Ireland (2002)
Westchester, NY, US(2003)
Montpellier, France (2004) IASSID World Congress
Melbourne, Victoria, AU,(2005) Combined Roundtable of the Health Issues and
Mental Health SIRGs of IASSID.
Maastricht, Netherlands (2006) European IASSID Congress
Prato, Italy (2007)
Cape Town , RSA, (2008) IASSID World Congress
Copies of the Health Issues SIRG publications are available from the Chairperson
Bob Davis. You can download the : Health
Guidelines for an Adult with an Intellectual Disability here.
Archives
IASSID
INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS STATEMENT (
Word Document, 49 Ko)
VISUAL
IMPAIRMENT ( Word
Document, 67 Ko)
HEARING
IMPAIRMENT ( Word
Document, 58 Ko)
Minutes Health SIRG Annual General Meeting, Wednesday May 23rd 2007, Prato
Italy - click
here
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