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Reconciling value-directed and value-relative approaches to evaluation research: the case of the service packaging project
- Authors:
- RAMCHARAN Paul, GRANT Gordon, MCGRATH Morag
- Publisher:
- University of Wales. Centre for Social Policy Research and Development
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
Paper explaining a research approach which looked at the outcomes of services provided to people with learning difficulties in Wales. Part of the All Wales Strategy.
Towards participation in the All Wales Strategy: Issues and processes
- Author:
- GRANT Gordon
- Publisher:
- University College of North Wales. Department of Social Theory and Institutions
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 12p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
Supporting 'needs-led' services : implications for planning and management systems (a case study in mental handicap services)
- Authors:
- MCGRATH Morag, GRANT Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 21(1), 1992, pp.71-97.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Identifies two elements of needs-led services : user participation and management delegation; uses a case study from the All Wales Strategy for services to mentally handicapped people to illustrate and discuss three models of planning and management and the implications for implementing community care.
Researching Valuing People
- Authors:
- GRANT Gordon, RAMCHARAN Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 7(3), July 2002, pp.27-33.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Prior to the launch of Valuing People, the authors were appointed by the Department of Health as co-coordinators of the learning disability research initiative People with Learning Disabilities: Services, Inclusion and Partnership, which was intended to inform the implementation and outcome of the White Paper Valuing People during its early years. In this article the authors describe the development of the research initiative, the research commissioning process and intentions for a research communication strategy.