Do health consultations for people with learning disabilities meet expectations? A narrative literature review.
Accessible Summary: People with learning disabilities have unmet health needs. Annual health checks were brought in to improve health care, but do they work? The research shows checks lead to more tests for illness and illness being identified. A lot of people still do not see their doctor, and not...
| Published in: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 118 - 136 |
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| Format: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=129473488&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 129473488 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13544187 F04 jtl: British Journal of Learning Disabilities issn: 13544187 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2018 vid: 46 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 129473488 129473488 129473488 10.1111/bld.12222 129473488 ppf: 118 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Do health consultations for people with learning disabilities meet expectations? A narrative literature review. aug: au: Chapman, Hazel M. Lovell, Andrew Bramwell, Ros affil: Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, UK sug: subj: Intellectual Disability Referral and Consultation Physical Examination Patient Attitudes Human Outcomes (Health Care) Healthcare Disparities Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Systematic Review CINAHL Database PubMed Psycinfo National Health Programs United Kingdom United Kingdom ab: Accessible Summary: People with learning disabilities have unmet health needs. Annual health checks were brought in to improve health care, but do they work? The research shows checks lead to more tests for illness and illness being identified. A lot of people still do not see their doctor, and not all doctors do health checks. Future research needs to understand how people with disabilities feel about seeing their doctor or nurse, and how doctors and nurses feel towards them. Abstract: Aim: To explore the benefits and disadvantages of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities, including: What are the rationales and outcome measures for health checks? How well do health checks meet the needs of people with learning disabilities? What areas does research in this topic need to focus on in the future? Background: Health consultations are an interpersonal activity that influence health outcomes and attitudes towards self and health professionals for people with learning disabilities. Annual health checks have been introduced to improve health inequalities for people with learning disabilities. Method: A narrative literature review of health care for people with learning disabilities was undertaken to evaluate health care for this population, and specifically the outcomes from annual health checks. Findings: While annual health checks have made some improvements in terms of health outcomes, attendance for appointments is still low, provision is variable and experiences of health checks for people with learning disabilities are under‐researched. Conclusions: Service user‐led research into their health experiences is needed. Research into the attitudes and experiences of health professionals in relation to people with learning disabilities is needed. Healthcare inequalities are only being partially addressed—improvement is needed in terms of service user experience and engagement. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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