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Equality in Scotland guide in data sources 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Central Statistics Unit
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Statistics Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Equality in Scotland: disabled people
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Disability in Scotland: a baseline study
- Authors:
- RIDDELL Sheila, BANKS Pauline
- Publisher:
- Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 144p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Babies with anomalies: a Scottish overview
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Programme for Clinical Effectiveness in Reproductive Health
- Publisher:
- ISD Publications
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report aims to provide an overview, based on a range of data sources, of the prevalence of, and mortality due to, all forms of congenital anomoly. In addition, three specific categories of anomoly have been chosen for more detailed study. The selected anomoly are: congenital heart disease, cleft lip and palate and neural tube defects.
Overcoming myths : the abused disabled child
- Author:
- KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Concern, 73, Summer 1990, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
By the founder of Keep Deaf Children Safe - a short review of statistical and research evidence.
What happens to people before and after disability? Focusing effect, lead effects and adaptations in different areas of life
- Author:
- POWDTHAVEE Nattavudh
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 69(12), December 2009, pp.1834-1844.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Data from the British Household Panel Survey is used to examine what happens to people in seven areas of life with regard to when and to what extent these areas are affected by mild and severe disability. The longitudinal survey asked mildly and seriously disabled respondents to indicate how satisfied they were with their health, income, housing, partner, job, social life and the amount and use of leisure time. Analysis of the results implies that while adaptation to mild disability seems to be complete within three years of occurrence, there is little evidence of quick adaptation to serious disability. It also reveals some lead effects to becoming disabled in terms of income, housing, partner, social life and use of leisure time, although the patterns of these are not as clear cut as observed in the health domain. The paper offers a statistical model, which could be used in future to investigate life events other than health issues, such as marriage and unemployment.
Maltreatment and disabilities: a population based epidemiological study
- Authors:
- SULLIVAN Patricia M., KNUTSON John F.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 24(10), October 2000, pp.1257-1273.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This American research assesses the prevalence of abuse and neglect among a population of children with disabilities, relates specific types of disabilities to specific types of abuse, and aims to determine the effect of abuse and neglect on academic achievement and attendance rates for children with and without disabilities. From the data sample used, results found children with disabilities are 3.4 times more likely to be maltreated than nondisabled peers. Concludes that school professional need to be cognizant of the high base rate of maltreatment among the children they serve. Concludes that status needs to be considered in national incidence studies of maltreatment.
Disability status and perceptions of employability by employers
- Authors:
- BRICOUT John C., BENTLEY Kia J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 24(2), June 2000, pp.87-95.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The study discussed in this article used a correlational design to examine the discrepancies among employers' employability ratings of hypothetical job applicants with different disability statuses in the USA. Employers were asked to rate the job applicants' suitability for employment in a hypothetical administrative assistant position. Findings show that job applicants without a disability received the highest men employability rating. Job applicants with an acquired brain injury were rated substantially the same as those with schizophrenia. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed.
A study of the difficulties disabled people have when using everyday consumer products
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Trade and Industry,
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 92p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study aims to identify the nature of the problems that disabled people have with consumer products and to determine what characteristics and capabilities should be measured. It will be used to focus further research aimed at developing suitable strength, physical and cognitive data for use by designers, to assist them to develop everyday products that can be used by as wide a range of disabled people as possible.
Direct payments in England: factors linked to variations in local provision
- Authors:
- FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 36(1), January 2007, pp.97-121.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Direct payments have moved to the heart of the government's drive for increased user choice. At the same time, implementation has remained disappointing. This article explores the demand, supply and related factors associated with patterns of local variability in uptake and intensity of care package provision. Statistical analyses are conducted for key client groups – people with physical disabilities, older people, people with learning disabilities and people who use mental health services – using data for England from 2000–01 to 2002–03. The results suggest that direct payments variability reflects a complex array of factors, both within and beyond the control of local public actors. In particular, while local policy preferences appear to shape the extent of direct payments growth, the results also demonstrate that understanding levels of activity requires attention to local circumstances.