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Pictures of health
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.7.02, 2002, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a scheme to provide illustrated health information leaflets for people with learning difficulties.
Do people with intellectual disabilities understand their prescription medication? A scoping review
- Authors:
- SMITH Megan V. A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(6), 2019, pp.1375-1388.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience poor health than the general population and are frequently prescribed multiple medications. Therefore, it is important that people with intellectual disabilities understand their medication and potential adverse effects. Method: A scoping review explored people with intellectual disabilities' knowledge of prescription medications, their risks and how medication understanding can be improved. Results: Ten journal articles were included. People with intellectual disabilities often lacked understanding of their medication, including its name, purpose and when and how to take it. Participants were often confused or unaware of adverse effects associated with their medication. Information was sometimes explained to carers rather than people with intellectual disabilities. Some interventions and accessible information helped to improve knowledge in people with intellectual disabilities. Conclusion: There is a need for accessible and tailored information about medication to be discussed with people with intellectual disabilities in order to meet legal and best practice standards. (Publisher abstract)
Developing and evaluating personal health records for adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- TURK Vicky, BURCHELL Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 8(4), October 2003, pp.33-41.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Argues for the introduction of patient-held health care records for people with learning disabilities. The evidence reviewed demonstrates that people with learning disabilities have more health care needs than other adults in society but receive less health care than others. The rationale for implementing hand-held records is considered from three perspectives: a consumer point of view, an analysis of how personal health profiles can help to overcome existing barriers to health care and the existing evidence. Describes the initial experiences of introducing personal health records in Bexley and Greenwich.
Learning how to be (a) patient: visual analysis of accessible health information leaflets for people with intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- CHINN Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 32(10), 2017, pp.485-1509.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Creation of jargon-free Easy Read health texts, incorporating carefully chosen words and images, is promoted as a way of removing health access barriers for people with intellectual disabilities. Using a social semiotic framework, this article explores the social construction of the patient with intellectual disabilities within a sample of adapted health texts, focusing on the visual images used. Images were coded and analysed according to dimensions suggested by Kress and van Leeuwen’s work on ‘visual grammar’. Images highlight the inclusion of patients with intellectual disabilities in mainstream healthcare settings. However, these patients are depicted as being inserted into somewhat idealised healthcare routines that are pre-determined and micro-managed through to completion. Consideration of risks and choices associated with healthcare use are downplayed. The article concludes that the care of patients with intellectual disabilities continues to constitute potential trouble for mainstream healthcare providers, rather than being an expected aspect of everyday practice. (Edited publisher abstract)