eprintid: 10048944 rev_number: 15 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/04/89/44 datestamp: 2018-05-23 11:17:01 lastmod: 2021-12-13 01:31:29 status_changed: 2018-05-23 11:17:01 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Sheehan, R creators_name: Lunsky, Y creators_name: Hassiotis, A title: Achieving better health for people with intellectual disability: the power of policy ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D79 note: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2018. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits noncommercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work. abstract: People with intellectual disability have high mental and physical healthcare needs, which must be addressed on individual, local and national levels. Policy interventions informed by research and stakeholder views and extending beyond a focus on health are needed to reduce inequities in this group. date: 2018-03 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.9 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Editorial Comment verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1519780 doi: 10.1192/bjo.2017.9 lyricists_name: Hassiotis, Angela lyricists_name: Sheehan, Neil lyricists_id: AHASS94 lyricists_id: RSHEE06 actors_name: Hassiotis, Angela actors_name: Allington-Smith, Dominic actors_id: AHASS94 actors_id: DAALL44 actors_role: owner actors_role: impersonator full_text_status: public publication: BJPsych Open volume: 4 number: 2 pagerange: 47-48 issn: 2056-4724 citation: Sheehan, R; Lunsky, Y; Hassiotis, A; (2018) Achieving better health for people with intellectual disability: the power of policy. BJPsych Open , 4 (2) pp. 47-48. 10.1192/bjo.2017.9 <https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2017.9>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048944/1/Hassiotis_achieving_better_health_for_people_with_intellectual_disability_the_power_of_policy.pdf