Introduction
People with intellectual disabilities make up about 1% of the population of Europe. As trends toward community life advance, they have become more visible and more likely to access generic health systems. Yet evidence suggests that there are striking disparities between the health of this group and that of the general population. Increased longevity means that adults in this group expect to live longer lives and thus to encounter age-related risks for various health conditions.
The Pomona Project, funded by the EU Health Monitoring Unit, aimed to develop a set of health indicators for people with intellectual disabilities. Building on the work accomplished by the team developing European Community Health Indicators (ECHI) a total of 18 health indicators were identified and suggestions for operationalisation were presented. Interim and Final Reports documenting the activities of this project between 2002-2004 appears under the Reports section of this website.
In 2005 an application for further funding to the European Commission Public Health section was approved. POMONA II (2005-2008) provides an opportunity to pilot the health indicators on a sample of people with intellectual disability in thirteen European Union Member States.
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