DVD-based stories of people with developmental disabilities as resources for inter-professional education

Abstract

DVD scenarios of real people with developmental disabilities in real settings offer a means of providing IPE opportunities. The data also point to the need and directions for the development of a new attitudinal measure.

Interventions aimed at increasing knowledge and improving attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities among lay people

“…Sixteen of the 21 quantitative studies used a repeated measures design with measurements taken at baseline and post intervention (Adler et al, 2005;Bailey, Barr, & Bunting, 2001;Freudenthal et al, 2010;Hall & Hollins, 1996;Iacono et al, 2011;Kobe & Mulick, 1995;Li & Wang, 2013;MacDonald & MacIntyre, 1999;Melville et al, 2006;Nosse & Gavin, 1991;Rae, McKenzie, & Murray, 2011;Rimmerman, Hozmi, & Duvdevany, 2000;Tracy & Iacono, 2008;Walker & Scior, 2013;Wong & Wong, 2008). One study provided baseline data for both the experimental and comparison group but did not report post-data for the comparison group (Nosse & Gavin, 1991).…”

“…Only two studies provided sufficient detail to ascertain whether potential recruitment bias had been considered or addressed (Iacono et al, 2011;Sharma et al, 2006). All studies provided sufficient detail about the data analysis, although two did not report statistical significance with alpha values (Iacono et al, 2011;Roper, 1990a).…”

“…The Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP, Gething, 1994) measures respondents' agreement with 20 statements designed to assess attitudes towards people with disabilities. Three studies included in this review used the IDP Iacono et al, 2011;Tracy & Iacono, 2008). The 20 items have been found to load on six stable factors; the measure's reliability and validity are acceptable, with internal consistency coefficients ranging from 0.74 to 0.86 Tracy & Iacono, 2008).…”

“…The potential value of indirect contact through film presentations was further explored by Iacono et al (2011). They showed documentary film footage that depicted the lives of people with intellectual disabilities as part of a training package for students.…”

“…All identified articles screened for duplicates and study relevance n=7909 (Sharma, Lalinde, & Brosco, 2006); several others employed mixed methods which allowed for qualitative reflections from participants to be obtained (Freudenthal, Boyd, & Tivis, 2010;Iacono et al, 2011;Tracy & Iacono, 2008). An overview of all studies included in the review is provided in Table 1.…”