New paper showing that the #implementation of the new Care-and-Coercion act in the Netherlands coincided with a decreasing trend in registrations of #involuntary care for people with #intellectualdisability and #challengingbehavior . Encouraging findings from #timeseries analysis. Should remember this is 1 care organization (albeit a large one) that had been investing in reducing involuntary care #VIVEON
http://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12991

'Zorg in de sector voor een gezamenlijke onderzoeks- en kennisagenda. Bepaal samen wat belangrijk is en versterk elkaar daarin. ‘ 'En met samen bedoel ik de besturen van zorginstellingen, academische werkplaatsen en de VGN.' Behartenswaardige woorden Marjolein Knaap bij haar afzwaaien als MT-lid van #Viveon #gehandicaptenzorg https://www.viveon.nl/nieuws/afscheidsinterview-met-marjolein-knaap/

Second, for cases with #intellectualdisability , lower odds that #pregnancy ends in live #birth and higher odds of #abortion referral (still very low %) or #miscarriage . While odds of complications do not seem affected, live births and miscarriages underline importance of awareness of medical and health needs in antenatal care for women with #intellectualdisability . Work based on data of #NIVEL and #statisticsnetherlands in collaboration between #VIVEON and #AWSterkerOpEigenBenen