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Checking Up On Des: My Life My Choice's research into annual health checks for people with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire. |
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British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(2), June 2012, pp.152-161. |
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1354-4187 |
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1468-3156 |
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This easy read article examines what an Oxfordshire Self-Advocacy Organisation did regarding annual health checks for people with learning disabilities. The four self-advocate researchers with learning disabilities worked with Oxfordshire's Primary Care Health Facilitator and a Professor to find out why only one in four people in our area had a health check in 2009/10. After talking to doctors, the research team concluded that doctors needed more support from professionals who know more about learning disabilities. Regular training is needed for surgery staff and carers to help show them how best to support people with learning disabilities, and people with learning disabilities should act as experts by giving advice to Doctors on how to improve the health checks. Also, doctors needed to improve communication with their patients. ‘Easy Read’ materials should be available on a website for doctors to use with their patients. |
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article; |
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doctors; health care; learning disabilities; participatory research; user views; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=909b33b8-30a3-485b-9a69-c40a1ca5ac82 |
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