Adults with developmental disabilities (DD) experience multiple health disparities when compared to general population. In addition, as life expediencies for the population increases, their need for preventive care also rises. This presentation describes research conducted with forty-nine paid caregivers on perceived barriers to preventive healthcare services for adults with DD.Descriptive statistics will be used to highlight trends and priority categories for health care providers to address related to access and utilization of health promotion and disease prevention activities and services. One goal is to develop effective strategies and interventions to improve preventive health care providers and ultimately improve health care outcomes for this vulenerable population.
