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Improving healthcare access for older adults with intellectual disability: what are the needs?
- Authors:
- NAVAS Patricia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(6), 2019, pp.1453-1464.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This qualitative study was carried out in Spain with the aim of identifying the changes that the health system should make to improve healthcare access for older adults with intellectual disability. Three hundred and sixty‐nine family members and professionals expressed their opinion on how healthcare access could be improved. Participants responded to two open‐ended questions included in a general survey about the health status of older individuals with intellectual disability. Most informants were women and professionals who had known the person with intellectual disability for more than 12 months. A system of categories, which showed good inter‐rater agreement, was developed to analyse participants’ written responses. Both family members and professionals emphasized the need to improve disability training for healthcare practitioners and highlighted the urgent need for flexibility in the structure of a healthcare system that currently overlooks the specific needs of this vulnerable population. (Publisher abstract)
Supporting transgender survivors of sexual violence: learning from users' experiences
- Authors:
- RYMER Sally, CARTEI Valentina
- Journal article citation:
- Critical and Radical Social Work, 3(1), 2015, pp.155-164.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Transgender individuals are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence, yet many do not seek, or receive, adequate support following unwanted sexual experiences. This study explores the needs and experiences of transgender survivors when accessing sexual violence support services. The study examines the barriers that transgender survivors may face in accessing services and ways that organisations can reduce these barriers. The findings provide valuable insights for sexual violence agencies and other providers about how to engage meaningfully with transgender survivors. (Publisher abstract)
Do we really understand the substance misuse needs of black and minority ethnic (BME) communities
- Author:
- DUFFIN Michelle
- Journal article citation:
- Community Safety Journal, 6(4), December 2007, pp.42-44.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The author draws on research undertaken by Perpetuity in the East Midlands and the east of England to gain in sight into the substance misuse needs of black and minority ethnic communities.
Ringing out loud and hollow
- Authors:
- VICKERS Pete, SWINDELLS Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 17(3), November 2005, p.19.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The authors argue that, despite Goverment promises to the contrary, students with learning difficulties are losing their place in further education. The article uses individual examples to show the consequences of cutting access to education.
Working towards a seamless service for victims and witnesses of crime in Leicester
- Author:
- GOODMAN Hannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Safety Journal, 3(2), April 2004, pp.32-35.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Explores the background to the creation of the Victims and Witnesses Action Group in Leicester. Outlines the aims of the group and how researchers sought to help meet them by carrying out research amongst the communities and agencies of Leicester. The research involved a residents survey, a survey of community groups and interviews with service providers. Findings highlight gaps in service provision and led to calls for more multi-agency working. Outlines proposals to tackle these gaps in provision through the idea of a federation, which brings together agencies working with victims and witnesses of crime.
Perception of need and barriers to access: the mental health needs of young people attending a Youth Offending Team in the UK
- Authors:
- WALSH Judi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 19(4), July 2011, pp.420-428.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Young people who offend may have considerable mental health needs which may often go unmet. This study aimed to explore young offenders’ own views of their mental health needs, their experiences of and views on support, and their perceptions of barriers in accessing services. Between May and September 2008, 44 young offenders attending an east of England Youth Offending Service completed a questionnaire about their self-reported levels of mental health need, and their behaviour, preferences and evaluation regarding different sources of support and advice for mental health issues. A subset of 6 of these young people participated in a follow-up interview. The findings showed that these vulnerable young people had a high level of mental health need, and were most likely to seek support from people with whom they had a confiding and long-standing relationship, such as parents and friends. For these young people, low levels of service use were not the result of a lack of provision, but because there were psychological, social, structural and cultural barriers to accessing those services including issues of understanding, stigma and confidentiality.
Exploring service needs and access in rural areas following a stroke
- Authors:
- KELLARD Karen, TAYLOR Sally
- Publisher:
- Commission for Rural Communities
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Cheltenham
This pilot study looks at services for stroke survivors in the Hereford and Worcester area, with help from the local Stroke Association branch. The work takes a practical and positive approach, looking for solutions to providing fair access to services for rural communities.
Secure in-patient services for people with learning disability: is the market serving the user well?
- Authors:
- YACOUB Evan, HALL Ian, BERNAL Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 32(6), June 2008, pp.205-207.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists can help in the development of better local services for people with learning disability by clearly defining the client group and their needs, involvement in the process of commissioning such services, and learning from colleagues in other service areas such as forensic psychiatry. This should help enable people with learning disability with very high needs to have similar access to services as others have.
Equality and access to human rights for people with both learning disability and mental illness needs
- Authors:
- LAWSON Annette, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(2), June 2008, pp.3-8.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The UK's policy architecture, goals and values, and its service frameworks, for people with disabilities have been set in the context of the global (United Nations) and European (EU) advances. This article examines the impact of these structures and contexts on people with learning disabilities and mental illness. It explores how identities which cut across recognised categories of disadvantage limit the rights of those with both learning disabilities and mental health problems, and looks at some of the ways in which this problem is being addressed.
Managing the impacts of migration: a cross-government approach
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Managing the Impacts of Migration: A Cross-Government Approach sets out the Government's approach to managing the impacts of international migration locally and nationally. It sets out how we will maximise the economic benefits that migration brings to the UK, while minimising any transitional pressures felt by communities and local service providers. This Migration Impacts plan gives details of the Government's programme of current and future work to help local services manage the impacts of migration by: Understanding the change that is taking place in our communities by improving local population and migration statistics and through a research programme examining the drivers and economic benefits of migration; Helping public services respond to migration through specific funding streams for local services and sector support. This includes details of a new fund to help manage the transitional impacts of migration, raised by requiring certain migrants to make a contribution; Supporting community cohesion - through a programme of work to help new migrants integrate and by breaking down the misconceptions that can cause anxiety in a settled community