Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) involve challenges with both cognitive functioning and activities of daily living. The field of IDD science and practice has often applied a Quality of Life framework to promoting well-being for those with IDD, however health disparities persist. Taking a prevention science approach to promoting health and quality of life may be a particularly effective way to decrease health disparities among individuals with IDD by addressing the challenging biopsychosocial risks that individuals with IDD experience during early childhood. This commentary discusses the promise of applying prevention science theory, research, and practice to promoting the quality of life of individuals with IDD, while recognizing the historical, methodological, and ethical challenges to doing so. Several opportunities for research partnerships between prevention scientists and applied IDD researchers are proposed for basic science research, community-based participatory research, Type 1 translational research, and Type 2 translational research.

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促进智力和发育障碍个体健康和生活质量的预防科学方法

智力和发育障碍 (IDD) 涉及认知功能和日常生活活动方面的挑战。IDD 科学和实践领域经常应用生活质量框架来促进 IDD 患者的福祉，但健康差异仍然存在。采取预防科学方法来促进健康和生活质量可能是通过解决 IDD 个体在儿童早期经历的具有挑战性的生物心理社会风险来减少 IDD 个体之间健康差异的一种特别有效的方法。本评论讨论了应用预防科学理论、研究和实践来提高 IDD 患者生活质量的前景，同时认识到这样做的历史、方法和伦理挑战。