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The development of a General Satisfaction Questionnaire for use in programme evaluation
- Authors:
- HUXLEY Peter, MOHAMAD Hadi
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 3(1), 1991, pp.63-74.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Describes the development of a questionnaire for use in mental health programme evaluation. The scale assesses satisfaction with access to services, the acceptability of services, the effectiveness of help given and general satisfaction, permitting comparison between services and between workers. A pilot study and a field trial involving 488 applications are reported.
SCOPE for social inclusion?
- Authors:
- HUXLEY Peter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(3), August 2008, pp.33-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article sets out to look at social inclusion among users within services, asking the questions is there a general measure of agreement about what social inclusion means to people, and is there an accepted way of measuring these views? This article reports on an initiative funded by the NIHR Research Methods programme, now part of the Health Technology Assessment group at Southampton. Nine focus groups explored about what people understand by 'social inclusion' and concept mapping was used to try and define the term. The research methods are reported here, along with plans for the future.
The impact of community health reform on service users: a cohort study
- Authors:
- BARR Wally, HUXLEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(2), March 1999, pp.129-139.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a study designed to assess the impact of recent reforms on service users. The functioning of users of community mental health services in a North Wales town was assessed before the advent of two significant service changes - the establishment of a local Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the introduction of the main community care reforms in April 1993. Results found the establishment of a CMHT was associated with a temporary fall in social functioning, quality of life and satisfaction with services and there was no evidence to conclude that organisational reforms had led to an improvement in user outcomes in the medium term. Concludes that future mental health reorganisation should be based on the evidence of research which includes an assessment of the impact of reforms on service users.