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Intellectual disability nursing – responding to health inequity
- Author:
- SHEERIN Fintan K.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(4), December 2012, pp.266-271.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
People with learning disabilities often have poorer health outcomes than the general population. It is recognised that improvements in health outcomes for people with learning disabilities is central to the role of learning disability nurses. This article argues that the continued enactment of the current role of learning disability nurses will fail to achieve improved outcomes and will prolong the marginalisation of people with learning disabilities. In identifying the basis of such outcomes to be social inequity, it proposes that nursing must act in two orientations: health-oriented service provision and social activism. It is argued that only when such an approach is adopted will there be a real opportunity for people with learning disabilities to achieve optimal health outcomes.
Helping people assert their rights
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.05.05, 2005, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses the role of learning disability nurses and how they can empower clients and help them to access the services they need.
Keeping the faith
- Author:
- McMILLAN Ian A.
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, July 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The chief nursing officers of the four UK countries have recently commissioned a UK-wide project to develop a coherent approach to learning disability nursing. This article reflects on the importance of the role of the learning disability nurse in ensuring the best possible access to health services for people with learning disabilities. Despite this need, learning disability nursing posts continue to be cut leading to a reduction in the number of post in England from 12,500 in 1995 to just over 6000 in 2009. This is one of the challenges the UK-wide nursing project will address.
Reducing inequalities in health and life expectancy
- Authors:
- NEVE Jane, BRIERS G.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 112(5), 2016, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Many people with mental health problems or learning disabilities die early, preventable deaths, but steps can be taken to ensure their physical health needs are not overlooked. This article describes research conducted to establish the evidence base through a review of the literature and draw up priorities for action, along with the competencies mental health and learning disability nurses need to improve service users' physical healthcare. The article also refers to a training course for mental health nurses delivered in the Pennine Care Foundation Trust as an example of good practice and provides recommendations for Trusts. (Edited publisher abstract)
Barriers and facilitators in supporting people with intellectual disability to report sexual violence: perspectives of Australian disability and mainstream support providers
- Authors:
- FRASER-BARBOUR Ellen Frances, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 20(1), 2018, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Evidence from Australia and worldwide has highlighted the ongoing marginalisation, discrimination, abuse, violence and neglect of people with disability. One of the main areas of concern is that despite such evidence there remain fundamental barriers for people with disability to report violence and/or access supports. Significantly few studies have canvased the perspectives of people with intellectual disability (ID), family members or disability service providers. Accordingly as a first step, the purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of disability and violence-response professionals’ regarding the barriers and facilitators of effective support for people with ID reporting sexual violence and accessing mainstream supports. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative research design informed the basis of this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven participants who held roles within disability services and mainstream violence response. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. These transcripts were then analysed individually using a combination of thematic analysis and discourse analysis to bring to light the social and material structures within service systems in terms of how they disempower or empower supports for people with ID. Findings: Participants from both services reported that professionals (particularly those outside the disability sector) lacked awareness of practical ways in which they could support people with ID to report and access services outside of disability-specific services. Participants also felt the capacity for people with ID to have a voice about what happens in the “aftermath” of reporting sexual violence was rarely acknowledged. Participants called for education and development of resources which could guide professional practice across disability and wider violence-response services. Participants saw investment in building interagency relationships across sectors as key to supporting the citizenship of people with ID. Originality/value: This study suggests that there is a strong need for better community engagement and understanding of the multi-faceted issues surrounding responses to violence concerning people with ID. The findings of this study also outline implications for practice and policy which may be of interest to professionals both within disability and wider violence-response sectors in Australia and internationally. (Publisher abstract)