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Staff attitudes towards individuals with learning disabilities and AIDS: the role of attitudes towards client sexuality and the issue of mandatory testing for HIV infection
- Authors:
- MURRAY James L., MACDONALD Raymond A.R., MINNES Patricia M.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.321-332.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Investigates staff attitudes towards individuals with learning disabilities and AIDS in combination with staff attitudes towards client sexuality. Two hundred sand forty-six respondents from one organisation in Scotland voluntarily and anonymously returned the nine-item Staff Attitudes Towards Person with Learning Disabilities and AIDS Scale and the Sexuality and Persons with Learning Disabilities Attitude Inventory. Looks at the implications of the findings and discusses future research and limitations of the study.
Staff attitudes towards the sexuality of individuals with learning difficulties: a service-related study of organisational policies
- Author:
- MURRAY James L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(4), 1999, pp.141-145.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this study employees from three different organisations (NHS, Social Services and the private and voluntary sector) providing services to people with learning difficulties answered questions about their organisations formal policy regarding their clients sexuality. Discusses the results within the context of improved staff training. Suggests that organisations providing services to individuals with intellectual disabilities are encouraged to bridge the gap between policies and practice concerning clients' sexuality. Limitations and directions for future consideration are also discussed.