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Health promotion and intellectual disability: listening to men
- Author:
- BOLLARD Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(1), 2017, pp.185-193.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Taking responsibility for your own health has been a central tenet of public health policy internationally for a number of decades. Governments in the UK and internationally continue to promote a plethora of health promotion strategies, encouraging individuals and communities to adopt healthy lifestyle choices. Although it is widely recognised that men are not as proactive in seeking out medical help or taking on health promotion advice as women, limited gender-sensitive research exists in the field of intellectual disability. Despite many health promotion policy and practice strategies targeted at this population, little research exists exploring whether men with intellectual disability acknowledge health promotion advice. The study aimed to explore how men with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability understood and perceived their health and what health promotion messages they acted upon. The study was based on a participatory approach which enabled 11 men with intellectual disability to contribute as steering group members and as participants through one-to-one interviews. Data were collected between September 2011 and July 2012. Thematic analysis was undertaken. The participants demonstrated a capacity to understand their own health. This was inclusive of a concern about associating being obese with being unhealthy. The participants reported good relationships with their general practitioners (GPs) and felt valued, in particular when the GP was prepared to offer specific intellectual disability and health promotion advice. More gendered research inclusive of the views of this male population is required and the study reiterates the importance of promoting the health of men and women with intellectual disability. (Publisher abstract)
Learning disability policy in the UK
- Authors:
- WHITEHEAD Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 13(3), October 2008, pp.4-11.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article provides separate, but linked, overviews of learning disability policy in the four countries of the UK, commenting on current policy and its links to the wider policy agenda, delivery strategies and challenges for the future.
Signposting the way forward
- Author:
- THOMAS Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(7), March 1998, p.224.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes how the Department of Health's new guidance on health services for people with learning disabilities marks a new start to the end of institutional care.
Healthy bodies, healthy minds
- Author:
- TURNER Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.1.96, 1996, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government wants to raise awareness of the impact lifestyle can have on avoiding heart disease, strokes and cancer. Argues that people with learning difficulties should not be ignored when it comes to healthy living.
Valuing health for all: PCTs and the health of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- GIRAUD-SAUNDERS Alison, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(3), June 2003, pp.26-33.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on a development project with 12 sites across England to help promote constructive engagement of primary care trusts (PCTs) in the learning disability agenda and to help promote improved health outcomes for people with learning disabilities. The project found that Primary Care Trusts needed a nominated lead person with dedicated time to take forward the learning disability agenda, and that this lead role needs to be reinforced by senior commitment.
Transition from adolescence to young adulthood: is partnership working up to the task?
- Author:
- HUDSON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(4), August 2003, pp.43-47.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The transition from adolescence to young adulthood in young people with a learning disability is fraught with complexity. Looks at the policies and processes that should aid transition and considers the extent to which the challenges are currently being addressed.
More than just a quick fix? The potential of joint commissioning in services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 17(2), 1999, pp.12-22.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Joint working between health and social services has a long record of fragmentation and under-performance in community services for people with learning disabilities. This article examines the renewed potential for joint commissioning in the context of the Government's emerging social care policy agenda, including its commitment to partnership and performance management. Drawing on case evidence from learning disability and the wider academic literature, it identifies pointers for the development of joint commissioning in learning disability and argues for the monitoring and evaluation of emerging models.