In addition to providing general knowledge about ID and the specific health care needs of individuals with ID, training programmes should also promote interactions with this population. Further studies are needed to document HCPs' pro-inclusion attitudes toward people with ID and to assess the impact of interventions on these attitudes.

Background Understanding public attitudes towards people with intellectual disability (ID) can help orient activities to promote the social inclusion of this group. The ATTitudes toward Intellectual Disability (ATTID) questionnaire is a validated 67-item tool used to assess attitudes towards people with ID from a multidimensional perspective. It is based on a five-factor model tapping into cognitive, emotional and behavioural components of attitudes. In order to facilitate international research, the goal of this study was to develop a short version that would retain the long form's psychometric properties. Methods Analyses were conducted on a sample of 1608 respondents who completed the full-length ATTID. A four-step test refinement procedure was used to reduce the number of items. The first two steps involved a Cronbach's alpha analysis. Items retained were then reviewed to assess face validity. Correlations between factors were calculated, and a factor analysis was performed to compare the original and short forms. Results The number of items in the ATTID was reduced from 67 to 35. The short form maintained good overall reliability. The correlational pattern between factors in both the long and short form is generally the same. The factor analysis of the short form showed a similar five-factor structure with some loss of variance. Conclusions We recommend the short form be used when administration time is an issue, particularly in a research context. Replication studies with new samples are needed to further assess the psychometric properties of the ATTID-Short Form.

"Outings to Your Taste" is an innovative program that aims to improve the nutritional status and social network of elderly people who receive home-delivered meals. This article examines participation in one of the program's components, outings to community restaurants. Participation data were collected on-site and information about client characteristics was collected in at-home interview surveys of targeted clients (n = 144). While about half of the clients had tried at least one outing, more than 25% of them participated in at least one third of the outings offered to them. Results indicate that the program attracted a variety of clients in terms of sociodemographic, health, and social isolation characteristics.

Des indicateurs socioprofessionnels, familiaux et scolaires ont été mis en relation avec les taux de suicide des jeunes hommes et femmes de 15-19 ans et 20-24 ans pour la période 1979-1999. Des corrélations significatives montrent que la croissance des taux est reliée positivement pour les adolescents de 15-19 ans à l’augmentation des taux de divorce et de familles monoparentales et que les taux de suicide sont négativement reliés aux taux d’activité. Plusieurs indicateurs scolaires montrent également des relations significatives avec ces taux de suicide. Toutefois, lorsque l’ensemble des indicateurs sont introduits dans des analyses de régression dans un modèle multivarié, seuls les taux de divorce et de familles monoparentales conservent leur pouvoir de prédiction chez les hommes des deux catégories d’âge. Ces analyses ne retiennent que le taux de familles monoparentales chez les filles de 15-19 ans et le taux d’activité chez celles de 20-24 ans. Les résultats suggèrent l’augmentation de certains facteurs à risque du suicide chez les jeunes, reliée à une dislocation grandissante des familles, premier lieu des relations d’attachement. D’autre part, les difficultés d’accéder à l’emploi chez les jeunes femmes contribueraient à affaiblir le soutien social qui permet la confirmation de leur valeur et l’accès à leur autonomie.Socioprofessional, family and school-related indicators are examined in relation to suicide rates among young men and women aged 15-19 and 20-24, for the period 1979-1999. Significant correlations show that the growth in the rates is positively related to the rise in the divorce rate and in the proportion of single-parent families, in the case of boys and girls aged 15-19, and that suicide rates are negatively related to the labour force participation rate. Several school-related indicators also show significant relations with these suicide rates. However, when all the indicators are placed in regression analyses, using a multivariate model, only the rates of divorce and of single-parent families maintain their predictive power among men in both age groups. These analyses retain only the rate of single-parent families in the case of girls aged 15-19, and the labour force participation rate among women aged 20-24. The results suggest an increase in certain suicide-related risk factors among young people, connected with the increased splitting up of families, the primary focus of social bonds. Moreover, difficulties in finding employment in the case of young women appear to contribute to weakening the social support that allows for the confirmation of their value and access to autonomy

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