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The costs of scrutiny in applied health and social care research: a case study
- Authors:
- HUXLEY Peter, DAVIDSON Bill, KING Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 23(1), 2005, pp.55-60.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article is informed by the authors experience of seeking approval to undertake three funded research projects, between them covering 17 locations across England. The time taken to seek approval for one of these projects is described as a case study. The authors make a number of suggestions for improving the implementation of research governance, including the harmonisation of procedures, greater reciprocity between different organisations, and the registration of researchers.
Equity and social justice issues for residents and staff of supported residential facilities
- Authors:
- KRALIK Debbie, KOCH Tina, ASHTON Maxie
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(3), 2004, pp.15-24.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper discusses issues that arose during a recently completed community based project that aimed to develop continence promotion strategies for people who have mental illness. The authors researched with people who had mental health issues residing in Supported Residential Facilities (SRF) and the managers of those facilities. The policy of de-institutionalisation for people with mental illness has assumed that people will have somewhere suitable to live in the community with an appropriate level of support. These assumptions have resulted in people with mental illness relying on low cost accommodation in SRFs or hostel type accommodation. The article highlights the social paradox that SRFs operate in because of their exclusion from major government funding programs and the expectation that, as private enterprises, they will operate for profit. At the same time, SRFs provide housing for some of our community's most vulnerable, disenfranchised and impoverished groups of people.
Research governance and its implications for housing studies
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, VALLELLY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(1), 2004, pp.47-52.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
The ethics of studying vulnerable individuals have up to now been left largely to the integrity and professionalism of individual housing researchers, with very few of them having to deal with formal ethics committees. However, this may be about to change because of the introduction of a Research Governance Framework by the Department of Health. Using a qualitative research project as an example, this article examines the significant implications of this change for researchers, funders and commissioners.
Meeting disadvantaged young people's needs. The rural Foyer: an integrated approach
- Author:
- WILKINSON Mick
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 19(3), 2001, pp.11-22.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
The growth of young homelessness throughout the 1980s and 1990s has been a worrying social phenomenon within the UK. Responses to this trend have varied and some have been more effective that others. In the 1990s the idea of Foyers - initially developed in France - began to emerge in the UK as a potentially effective way of providing a package of integrated services for at risk or homeless young people, including accommodation, support, advice and training for work experience. This report describes the work of one such Foyer. The Foyer in question is sited within a deeply rural context which brings with it additional difficulties to those normally experience when working with disadvantaged young people. However, the needs assessment shows a high level of support from local agencies, residents and staff for the principle of the Foyer and, despite early difficulties with practice, enthusiasm for it to be continued in a remodelled and better-funded form. Foyers offer a rounded way of supporting vulnerable young people back into the mainstream of society, Without them, it is argued, the problems of homeless young people will be exacerbated.
Issues and debates: health and social care services and the National Assembly of Wales
- Author:
- DRAYFORD Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 17(2), 1999, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
The author looks at the new National Assembly of Wales and its approach to policy development in health and social care services.
Matching service development to mental health needs: a case study of a rural county
- Authors:
- RING Chris, CAMBRIDGE Paul, CARPENTER John
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 16(1), 1998, pp.10-19.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
The development of Somerset's mental health services from 1991 to 1996 involved the closure of the county's last long-stay hospital, and its replacement by more local in-patient provision and an expansion of community services. The process and outcome of this change is examined, drawing upon (a) an externally commissioned evaluation in 1994-6 and (b) a comprehensive mental health needs assessment in 1996. The findings from these studies indicate that the development of accommodation for people with severe and long-term mental health problems has been dominated by the needs of long-stay residents in the old institutions. This led initially to geographical inequities and a shortage of supported accommodation for others with severe and enduring mental health problems. However, developments during this period also suggest a local capacity to detect and respond to unmet needs in this group.
Responding to poverty: a history of the Birmingham Settlement
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1998, pp.20-32.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
1999 sees the centenary of the Birmingham Settlement, a voluntary social agency based in Birmingham's inner city. As part of the Settlement's centenary celebrations, this paper seeks to outline some of the key projects and initiatives in the Settlement's hundred-year history.
Mother and baby hostels: a viable option for young single mothers?
- Author:
- ZULAUF Monika
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 15(1), 1997, pp.13-18.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article looks at the government proposal to revive mother and baby hostels for young single mothers. Considers the historical background of mother and baby homes. Also examines the objectives and practices of a number of contemporary homes and, by drawing on British and German experiences, makes suggestions as to how such homes may be a viable short-term housing option for some young single mothers. The article advocates a developmental approach, suggesting both a change in attitudes and alterations to hostels' objectives and practices. Suggests policy aims.
Mental health and housing in Brent
- Author:
- ROONEY Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 14(1), 1996, pp.21-22.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Summarises the key findings of a selection of relevant research on housing issues for people who need community-based care. The four that have been chosen from the range of available material have recognised housing as a central issue in community care delivery, and each has, it its own way, addressed that issue and demonstrated good practice.
Community care: a mixed economy; papers from SSRG workshop
- Authors:
- ULAS Marion, BLACK Stewart, HAMBLETON Paul
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- Bradford
Includes workshop papers on: social security; health services; housing policy; the research contribution to community care; and developing community care in England and Scotland.