In the News: Scott Landes
Landes Weighs in on CDC Recognizing People with IDD Are at Higher Risk of COVID in Disability Scoop
Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology, was quoted in the Disability Scoop article, "CDC Adds IDD To List Of Conditions At Increased Risk From COVID-19."
See related: COVID-19, IDD, United States
Racial-ethnic inequities in age at death among adults with/without IDD
Scott Landes and Janet Wilmoth identify differences in racial-ethnic inequities in mortality between adults with/without intellectual and developmental disability in their study published in Preventive Medicine.
See related: Civil Rights, Longevity, Mental Health, Race & Ethnicity
Landes Talks to The Atlantic About People With Disability, COVID
See related: COVID-19, Disability, United States
Tracking COVID’s Toll
Pandemic research by Maxwell faculty and students is shaping policy and perception on everything from aging to opioid addiction.
See related: COVID-19, Food Security, Mental Health, Parenting & Family, United States
Risk Factors Explaining Military Deaths From Suicide, 2008–2017: A Latent Class Analysis
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Landes discusses vaccines for those aiding people with IDD in LAist article
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, United States
London, Landes article on ADHD among US adults published in Journal of Attention Disorders
Landes, London, Wilmoth article on service-connected disability published in Armed Forces & Society
Sociologists explore veteran service-connected disability in new study
Landes speaks to PBS about COVID-19 vaccines for people with IDD
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, Longevity, Mental Health, United States
Introducing the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Age-at-Death Data Tracker
This data slice introduces a new data tracking tool that shows age-at-death trends for adults with intellectual disability, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other rare developmental disabilities, as well as those without IDD.
Landes talks to CBS about COVID-19 reporting of people with IDD
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Housing, IDD, United States
Uncertainty Leads to Less Accuracy on Death Certificates for Adults with Intellectual Disability
This research brief examines whether uncertainty surrounding the death is associated with the inaccurate reporting of intellectual disability as the underlying cause of death.
Landes quoted in CTV story on COVID-19 vaccine, people with disabilities
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, Mental Health, Social Justice, Southeast Asia
Landes study on signature authority, cause of death accuracy published
Landes, London study on self-reported ADHD and adult health published
Landes comments on vaccine prioritization for people with IDD in Washington Post
See related: COVID-19, IDD, U.S. Health Policy, United States
COVID Risk for people with Intellectual or Development Disabilities Varies by Type of Residence
COVID-19 case and fatality rates are higher for people with IDD who are living in Skilled Nursing Facilities compared with those living in other types of facilities or those living in individual residences or their family home.
Progress in Closing Age-at-Death Disparity for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities
Landes study on COVID-19 impact on people with IDD in California published
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