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Gaining actionable knowledge to improve local health-promoting capacities in long-term care support settings for

Kristel Vlot-van Anrooij¹, Jenneken Naaldenberg¹, Thessa I M Hilgenkamp²

¹Department of Primary and Community Care, Intellectual Disabilities and Health, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Objective:

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are largely dependent on their environment to live healthily and, in this, ID-support organizations play a vital role. An environmental asset mapping tool for ID-support settings has been developed. This study aims to provide insight into whether or not the tool can provide a comprehensive view on assets in the system and actionable knowledge to improve health-promoting capacities in ID-support settings.

Methods:

Fifty-seven users from four setting completed the tool on availability, user satisfaction, and dreams regarding social, physical, organizational, and financial assets.

Results:

The findings provide a comprehensive view of available assets. Together with user satisfaction and dreams for improvements, they provide actionable knowledge for improving the health-promoting capacities of the settings, including: (1) how use of available assets can be improved, (2) the type of assets that should be enriched, and (3) the assets that can be added to the system.

Conclusion:

The asset mapping tool provides a comprehensive view on assets in the system and actionable knowledge to improve health-promoting capacities in ID-support settings.

Practice Implications:

ID-support organizations can use the tool to generate actionable bottom-up knowledge for priority setting and implementing interventions to improve their health-promoting capacities.

Keywords:

Capacity building Health assets Health promotion Intellectual disability Long-term care Nutrition Physical activity Settings approach

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