The Administrative Prevalence of Mental Handicap in the City of Cardiff: An Examination of Geographical Distribution

Humphreys, Simone; Lowe, Kathryn; Blunden, Roger

doi:10.1179/bjms.1982.005

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“…By using a wide range of sources from both health and social services, we believe that we identified the large majority of the learning disability population. Our estimate of the prevalence of learning disability is higher than that previously reported for the City of Cardiff (Humphreys et al , 1981). This is due in part to the use of a wider range of health service data than in the previous study.…”

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“…Exact figures on such practice-based variation do not exist but data from a study by Mansell & Felce (1985) of the variation of the prevalence of people with learning disabilities in residential care across the, then, local government districts do illustrate that populations of the order of 60,000-80,000 can differ significantly. Variation is associated with a variety of factors such as the level of social deprivation within the practice area (Humphreys et al, 1984;Currie, 1995), differential resettlement from hospitals to specific areas, patient or carers, choice of doctor, or birth cohort effects. Application of data from service registers leads to apparent underestimates (Horne, 1989).…”

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Primary Health Care for People with a Learning Disability

Kerr

Fraser

Felce

1996

Brit J Learn Disabil

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The delivery of health care to people with a learning disability living in the community has come under increasing scrutiny. Concerns have been raised over both the current quality of this care and its future organisation. In this article we review the evidence on current practice focusing on epidemiology, health status and policy directives affecting primary health care. Four specific areas for service developments are identified: an individual focus within an epidemiological framework, the evaluation of the effectiveness of current therapies, practice organisation and the awareness of health within social care. It is proposed that an effective model of primary health care is possible, supported by research, training, inter-service collaboration and purchasing guidelines.People with a learning disability and their families look to the general practitioner as the linchpin of health care provision. Indeed general practitioners, and by inference the primary health care team, are the most frequently contacted professionals by individuals with a learning disability (Evans et al., 1994). This central role is confirmed by general practitioners themselves (Kerr ef al., 1996). While the current move from hospital to community residential provision has focused attention on the role of the general practitioner as a generic primary provider, it is not a new position for them to occupy as the majority of people with a learning disability have always lived in the community with their families (DHSS, 1971). However, people with learning disabilities constitute only a small proportion of any general practitioner's list and their particular health care needs, therefore, require special highlighting or organisation to be dealt with effectively. In addition, people with learning disabilities are significant consumers of other professional services and social care support. A means of producing and reviewing co-ordinated health, education and social care packages is essential if services are to be responsive to the needs of individuals throughout their life span. This paper reviews the scientific and policy evidence to discuss how primary health services can best be organised within such a framework to maximise the health of people with a learning disability.

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Prevalencia de la subnormalidad mental censada en la provincia de jaén

Rodríguez¹,

Casa²,

Pelayo³

et al. 1989

Gaceta Sanitaria

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It is done a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of mental retardation in the province of Jaén (Spain), based on the cumulated cases reported to the Institute of Social Services of the Social Security (INSERSO) until January 1, 1984. The main objective of this research is to know the prevalence of mental retardation in our province, and to analize its relationship with some sociodemographic variables. The prevalence obtained has been 4.09%, being a 59.27% of the prevalence due to endogenous/unexplained etiology. Mild subnormality constitutes a 8.4% of cases, being closely related with the size of the locality (municipio). Prevalence of mental subnormality showed a significative linear association with the size of the locality (r = -0.904, p less than 0.05), and with the population growth (r = -0.929, p less than 0.01). This relationship was not observed neither with the level of per capita income nor the altitude of the locality. A multiple regression analysis is made for every etiology of mental retardation and several social and geographic variables. We conclude that the figures for mental retardation in our province show a direct relationship with local development parameters.

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The Administrative Prevalence of Mental Handicap in the City of Cardiff: An Examination of Geographical Distribution

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Record-linkage study of epidemiology and factors contributing to hospital care uptake

Record-linkage study of epidemiology and factors contributing to hospital care uptake

Primary Health Care for People with a Learning Disability

Prevalencia de la subnormalidad mental censada en la provincia de jaén

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