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Health inequalities and people with learning disabilities in the UK
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, BAINES Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16(1), January 2011, pp.42-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This report, designed to assist primary, acute and specialist NHS trusts in fulfilling their responsibilities for meeting the health needs of people with learning disabilities, summarises recent evidence from the UK on the health status of people with learning disabilities. It notes that people with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers and that the health inequalities they face start early in life, and draws attention to aspects of health where people with learning disabilities fare particularly poorly. It looks at inequalities in health status, summarising the available UK research literature on the health status and needs of children and adults with learning disabilities since 2002. It also discusses determinants of health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities, covering increased risk of exposure to social determinants of health, increased risk associated with specific genetic and biological causes of learning disabilities, communication difficulties and reduced health literacy, personal health risks and behaviours, and deficiencies in access to and quality of health care provision. The authors conclude by suggesting actions which can be taken to respond to the health inequalities identified.
Improving health and lives: the Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 6(1), 2012, pp.26-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
People with intellectual disabilities experience significant health inequalities. This paper describes an innovative approach to helping English local agencies make the best use of available information in order to commission services that may reduce these inequalities. The authors describe the first 15 months of operation of a specialist national public health observatory for intellectual disability. The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory (LDPHO) was established in April 2010. It is organisationally based within the North East Public Health Observatory. The authors provide a narrative account of the aims and achievements of the service. Since its inception the observatory has: made available to those involved in commissioning health and social care services, a wealth of information on the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities; identified specific improvements that could viably be made to increase the quality of future information; and begun working with local agencies to support them in making the best use of the available information.
Health inequalities experienced by children and young people with intellectual disabilities: a review of literature from the United Kingdom
- Authors:
- ALLERTON Lindsay A., WELSH Vicki, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), December 2011, pp.269-278.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Evidence has highlighted that not only do people with intellectual disabilities have poorer health, but that the differences in health status are to a significant extent avoidable and consequently unjust. The aim of this literature review is to synthesise evidence on the prevalence and determinants of health conditions and impairments among children and young people with intellectual disability in the United Kingdom. Several databases were systematically searched for relevant studies published in 2010-2011. In addition, evidence from a 2002 and a 2010 literature review on health inequalities among individuals of all ages with intellectual disability was also reviewed. The review concludes that children with intellectual disability in the UK are likely to experience health inequalities in a number of areas, specifically in relation to health conditions that may increase the risk of serious ill health in later life, reduce quality of life, and act as barriers to social inclusion. The evidence suggests that these health inequalities are associated with several preventable environmental determinants.