School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health
Four out of eight people with intellectual disabilities who participated in the study had never received a screening invitation due to varying reasons to a particular service despite being eligible said Dr Cithambaram.
Disabled people not accessing screening programmes – DCU study
Disabled people not accessing screening programmes – DCU study
The report is called Breaking Down Barriers: An Assessment of the Needs of Disabled People in Accessing Population-Based Screening Services in Ireland.
“We have found evidence that many people with disabilities are not accessing BreastCheck, Cervical Check, BowelScreen and Diabetic RetinaScreen for a wide variety of reasons,” said Dr Kumaresan Cithambaram, Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing who conducted the study that formed the basis of the report along with Dr Deirdre Corby, Dr Liz Hartnett, Dr Sean Healy and Dr David Joyce.