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Improving health and lives: The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory. / Emerson, Eric; Glover, Gyles; Turner, Sue et al.
In: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2012, p. 26-33.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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T1 - Improving health and lives: The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory
AU - Emerson, Eric
AU - Glover, Gyles
AU - Turner, Sue
AU - Greig, Robert
AU - Hatton, Chris
AU - Baines, Susannah
AU - Copeland, Alison
AU - Evison, Felicity
AU - Roberts, Hazel
AU - Robertson, Janet
AU - Welch, Victoria
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the first 15 months of operation of an innovative specialist national public health observatory for intellectual disability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a narrative account of aims and achievements of the service. Findings – In the first 15 months of operation the observatory has: made available to those involved in commissioning health and social care services, a wealth of information on the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities; identified specific improvements that could viably be made to increase the quality of future information; and begun working with local agencies to support them in making the best use of the available information. Originality/value – People with intellectual disabilities experience significant health inequalities. This paper describes an innovative approach to helping local agencies make the best use of available information in order to commission services that may reduce these inequalities.
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the first 15 months of operation of an innovative specialist national public health observatory for intellectual disability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a narrative account of aims and achievements of the service. Findings – In the first 15 months of operation the observatory has: made available to those involved in commissioning health and social care services, a wealth of information on the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities; identified specific improvements that could viably be made to increase the quality of future information; and begun working with local agencies to support them in making the best use of the available information. Originality/value – People with intellectual disabilities experience significant health inequalities. This paper describes an innovative approach to helping local agencies make the best use of available information in order to commission services that may reduce these inequalities.
U2 - 10.1108/20441281211198835
DO - 10.1108/20441281211198835
M3 - Article
VL - 6
SP - 26
EP - 33
JO - Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
JF - Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
SN - 2044-1282
ER -