Creation of a sustainable network of researchers involved in intellectual disabilities, cancer prevention, epidemiology, health sciences, social sciences, education and other adjacent fields, engaged in knowledge exchange. This will be achieved using the unique COST networking tools including short term scientific missions, meetings, training schools, Experience Based co-design workshops, webinar series and thematic conference over the lifetime of the action.…
CUPID is a unique network that brings like- minded people and organisations together to develop a research agenda and a knowledge base through information exchange about a more equitable and inclusive cancer prevention strategy for people with intellectual disabilities. A key issue is that the intellectual disability population in individual countries are generally too small to address this issue nationally.…
There is poor understanding of cancer prevention among people with intellectual disabilities. CUPID will establish a research agenda and knowledge base to improve this in the European Union and beyond. Among the European intellectual disabilities population, many cancer diagnoses are symptomatic presentations following on from behavioural distress or physical changes. Cancer deaths among this population occur up to 20 years…