Supporting people with learning disabilities and a fear of needles to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Why you should read this article: • To recognise the need to proactively address the barriers to accessing healthcare that people with learning disabilities may experience • To learn about the development of a desensitisation programme for people with learning disabilities and a fear of needles to s...
| Published in: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 20 - 28 |
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| Format: | case study protocol tables/charts Journal Article |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
Aug2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178853351&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178853351 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14658712 FTU jtl: Learning Disability Practice issn: 14658712 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2024 vid: 27 iid: 4 pid: 6040 pub: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) artinfo: ui: 178853351 178853351 178853351 10.7748/ldp.2024.e2235 178853351 ppf: 20 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Supporting people with learning disabilities and a fear of needles to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. aug: au: Kochhar, Neena Straiton, Rachel affil: Senior community learning disability nurse, Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust, London, England sug: subj: COVID-19 Vaccines Attitude to Vaccines Belonephobia Intellectual Disability Nursing Desensitization, Psychologic Community Health Nursing Program Evaluation Male Adult Aged Health Services Accessibility Health Behavior Support, Psychosocial Nurse-Patient Relations Reinforcement (Psychology) Collaboration Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Male ab: Why you should read this article: • To recognise the need to proactively address the barriers to accessing healthcare that people with learning disabilities may experience • To learn about the development of a desensitisation programme for people with learning disabilities and a fear of needles to support them to receive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine • To consider interventions that you could implement in your practice to support people with learning disabilities to access healthcare interventions. Many people with learning disabilities have a fear of needles and as a result they find receiving injections and vaccinations challenging. Therefore, community learning disability nurses and positive behaviour support practitioners developed a desensitisation programme with the aim of supporting people with learning disabilities who had a needle phobia to receive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. Additionally, reasonable adjustments were made for five individuals who did not have a fear of needles but required a home visit with familiar healthcare professionals who they felt comfortable with. Of the 24 people who engaged in the desensitisation programme, 88% (n=21) received all doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 80% (n=4) of five people who were provided with reasonable adjustments received all doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This article discusses how and why the desensitisation programme was developed, what worked well, the challenges encountered and other areas where the approaches used could be implemented to support people with learning disabilities with accessing other healthcare interventions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study protocol tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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