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Making events and meetings accessible
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
A practical handbook providing advice for anyone who is organising an event and wants to make it accessible. It is a practical handbook to make any event inclusive, so that everyone can take part in the way that best suits them. It includes information about choosing a venue and ensuring it is accessible, planning the event and the facilities at the event on the day. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building public understanding of health and health inequalities
- Authors:
- KANE Martina, THORNTON Jacqui, BIBBY Jo
- Publisher:
- Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a mismatch between the public’s perceptions of what influences health (namely individual behaviour and access to care) and the clear evidence base demonstrating the significance of wider determinants of health. In this long read we draw on polling and recent research to explore the reasons behind public attitudes towards health and health inequalities. We look at how public health professionals can use communications techniques to improve public understanding of evidence about health inequalities. Research shows that people tend to filter nuanced messages about health through either an individualistic or ecological (structural) lens. Understanding how these different mindsets can promote – or obscure – people’s awareness of the significance of social determinants is an important first step in developing effective ways of framing the evidence. We should be aiming to shift more people towards the ecological mindset, while also being wary of a possible sense of inevitability or disempowerment at the scale of complex systemic challenges. To achieve this, we can learn from the recent change in dialogue on climate, and use tangible examples showing structural inequalities (relatable case studies cut through). Anyone delivering public health messages must take time to understand how their messages land with the public. (Edited publisher abstract)
Domestic abuse: specialist sources of support
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource signposts to organisation that provide support to those who experience domestic abuse for specific needs and information. The directory covers specialist support services; getting help for children and young people; welfare benefits and housing advice; victims who don’t have settled status in the UK; and support for specific types of abuse, including economic abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, sexual assault, stalking and technological abuse. (Edited publisher abstract)
Out of area placements in mental health services for adults in acute inpatient care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide for care providers and commissioners in monitoring and reducing their use of out of area placements (OAPs). An ‘out of area placement’ for acute mental health in-patient care happens when a person with assessed acute mental health needs who requires adult mental health acute inpatient care is admitted to a unit that does not form part of the usual local network of services. The government has set a national ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements (OAPs) in mental health services for adults in acute inpatient care by 2020 to 2021 (Edited publisher abstract)
Giving us a voice: meeting the need of people with learning disabilities from BME communities
- Publisher:
- ARC; BILD; Mencap
The website for the National Charter for Inclusion project. The project aims to improve access to services for people with a learning disability from black and minority ethnic communities and their families. The site provides details of the national Charter for Inclusion and a list of useful resources. Short films where people with learning disabilities from ethnic minorities tell their own stories about finding somewhere to live, finding employment, staying healthy and having a voice are also included on the site.
My life, my choice: personal stories, struggles and successes with person directed living
- Authors:
- PARASHOOT, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Inclusion Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- DVD, (82 mins.)
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
For people with disabilities, dreams for the future are often limited by the services available in the local area. This movie is about how flexibility, built into the local support system, gives seven individuals incredible latitude in making lives of their choosing.
Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a briefing for providers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 3
- Place of publication:
- London
This summary aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) providers to open up their service to everyone who has the right to use it. Ensuring equalities within IMHA services means reaching all qualifying patients regardless of their ethnicity, age, gender, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation or any other characteristics protected by the 2010 Equalities Act. It also means taking these characteristics into careful account and developing a service that can understand their impact and meet people's needs in the best possible way. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a report for providers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This report aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) services reach everyone who is entitled to their support. It aims to help IMHA providers to achieve the best possible outcomes for all people treated under the Mental Health Act 1983 amended in 2007. Drawing directly on the findings and recommendations of the national review of the quality of IMHA services in England, the report highlights the problem of unequal uptake of IMHA by some groups of ‘qualifying patients' and explores what can be done to change this situation. It highlights the obligations of IMHA services under the Equality Act (2010) and provides concrete suggestions about how to take effective action and improve practice when working with people sharing relevant protected characteristics. It also suggest steps that IMHA providers can take to help them identify, understand, and address the barriers to the full and effective use of their service by everyone who is entitled to access it. (Edited publisher abstract)
Pastoral care guide for international recruitment in social care
- Author:
- NATIONAL CARE FORUM
- Publisher:
- National Care Forum
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
This pastoral care guide, developed with the support of the LGA / ADASS, contains links to useful resources that will help social care employers to explore resettlement support and pastoral care for overseas recruits, including refugees and/or displaced people who are settled in the UK with the right to work. This guide features resources about the following stages in the journey of recruiting overseas workers: preparations prior to employment; induction; settling in; six months and beyond. The guide also offers recommendations for items that should be included in a Pastoral Checklist. (Edited publisher abstract)
Homelessness: applying All Our Health
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Updated 2019
This guide is part of 'All Our Health', a resource which helps health professionals prevent ill health and promote wellbeing as part of their everyday practice. This guidance provides examples to help healthcare professionals: identify and advocate to prevent the risk of homelessness among people who have poor health; minimise the impact on health from homelessness among people who are already experiencing it; enable improved health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness so that their poor health is not a barrier to moving on to a home of their own. The guide covers: access the homelessness e-learning session; taking action on homelessness in your professional practice; facts about homelessness; policy and legislation; core principles for health and care professionals; taking action; understanding local needs; further reading, resources and good practice. (Edited publisher abstract)