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I feel good
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Why should you exercise? Exercise can help keep the body working well. We all need to do exercise because it can help our bodies to work properly and to keep our heart healthy. The heart is like a pump and it pushes the blood around the body. Our heart is very important, a healthy heart can stop us getting ill. This film shows lots of ideas to get more exercise when at home or out and about.
The international handbook of applied research in intellectual disabilities
- Editors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 639p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
The handbook presents, explains, and illustrates key methods of research and evaluation of proven relevance and value to the field of intellectual disabilities. It features sections on the concepts and theoretical models underlying research and evaluation, the methods and techniques themselves, and the key application areas where the methods are demonstrated in action. Coverage includes applications in educational, social, family, health, and employment aspects of care and provision for those with intellectual disabilities.
Equal treatment: making sure the health service treats everyone fairly; questions for disabled people
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is doing a Formal Investigation into health care and wants to find out how some disabled people are treated by the health service. For example, people with learning disabilities often have more health problems than other people and do not live as long as other people. The DRC aims to find out why, and how the health service can do a better job for people with learning disabilities.
Getting older: feeling good
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This easy read booklet about growing older by people with learning disabilities can be used with individuals or groups and enhanced with other activities.
Understanding our bodies, understanding ourselves: the menstrual cycle, mental health and women with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- DITCHFIELD Hedy, BURNS Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.24-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reviews the evidence for vulnerability in women with learning disabilities to a range of physical and mental health problems, with special emphasis on menstruation. Describes a qualitative research project on the experience of learning-disabled women in relation to menstruation, concluding by emphasising the need for services to communicate information on this subject in more sensitive and appropriate ways.
Poverty and children with intellectual disabilities in the world's richer countries
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 29(4), December 2004, pp.319-338.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The experience of poverty has a pervasive impact on the health (including mental health) of children and their parent(s), on family functioning and on the life course of children. The aim of this paper is to consider the relevance of poverty to our understanding of the health (and mental health) of children with intellectual disabilities in the world's richer countries. It is suggested that poverty is of considerable relevance to this area as: (1) young people with intellectual disabilities are at greater risk than their non-disabled peers of experiencing poverty; (2) the experience of poverty is likely to be associated with poor parental health and well-being and consequently poorer parenting practices; and (3) the experience of poverty is likely to be associated with poor child health and well-being. Implications for future research, policy and practice are discussed.
The mental health of young people looked after by local authorities in Wales: the report of a survey in 2002/2003 by the Office for National Statistics on behalf of the Welsh Assemby Government
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 164p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings of a survey of the mental health of young people, aged 5-17, looked after by local authorities in Wales. The first part of the report focuses on the prevalence rates of mental disorders among young people looked after by local authorities. The second part shows a range of information including their background, personal and familial characteristics, physical health, use of services and social functioning.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: autism spectrum disorders
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Service Framework (NSF) for Children and Maternity Services is published alongside supporting material, which includes a series of exemplar patient journeys. Whilst it is not the role of the NSF or the exemplars to provide detailed clinical discussion on individual childhood conditions or aspects of pregnancy or childbirth, exemplars illustrate some of the key themes in the NSF. Autism is a spectrum disorder and every child will present differently and have needs specific to them. This example is just one example of the possible patient journey.
Learning and behavioural difficulties but not microcephaly in three brothers resulting from undiagnosed maternal phenylketonuria
- Authors:
- SHAW-SMITH C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 30(5), September 2004, pp.551-555.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Universal screening introduced in the 1960s has reduced the incidence of learning disability resulting from phenylketonuria (PKU), which is a treatable condition. Nonetheless, PKU may still be having an impact on the paediatric-age population. The authors report a woman with previously undiagnosed PKU who was born before the onset of universal screening. She is of normal intelligence, and so the diagnosis was not suspected until after the birth of her three children. Her serum phenylalanine concentration was found to be in excess of 1 mmol/L, well into the toxic range. She has had three sons, all of whom have a significant degree of learning disability resulting from intrauterine exposure to toxic levels of phenylalanine. None of the sons had microcephaly, a physical sign that, if present, might have helped to point towards the correct diagnosis. We suggest that maternal PKU should be suspected where there is sibling recurrence of cognitive impairment, particularly where the mother was born before the initiation of the neonatal screening programme for PKU.
Evaluation of a nurse led annual review of patients with severe intellectual disabilities, needs identified and needs met, in a large group practice
- Authors:
- MARTIN Graham, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(3), September 2004, pp.235-246.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A learning disabilities nurse led health review, with doctor backup, was offered to patients with learning disabilities during 2002 in a large general practice. Prior to the check, patients completed an agenda sheet. During the check, the nurse discussed issues with patient and carer and completed a structured questionnaire. Patient and carer were then seen by doctor and nurse and the implementation sheet was completed. Fifty-three patients attended, an uptake of 91 percent. Of these patients and their carers, 34 percent recorded agendas/concerns. The nurse/GP questionnaire identified further interventions in 62 percent. A total of 79 interventions were identified, an average of 1.49 per patient attendance. At 3 months, 84 percent of patients with patient/carer generated, and 88 percent of patients with clinician generated interventions, had had one or more actions implemented. The check met the majority of identified unmet health needs in these adults with learning disabilities. Annual checks will continue to be offered.