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The OK Health Check: A Health Assessment Checklist for People with Learning Disabilities
Author(s) -
Matthews David,
Hegarty John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1997.tb00028.x
Subject(s) - checklist , learning disability , delphi method , psychology , needs assessment , reliability (semiconductor) , medical education , health care , delphi , challenging behaviour , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , social science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , sociology , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth , operating system
This study was instigated in response to the growing awareness that the health care needs of people with learning disabilities are not being adequately met in the evolving community services. This paper describes how a checklist assessment of health needs for people with learning disabilities was developed using a ‘Delphi’ group approach. The paper describes how the health assessment checklist was tested for validity and inter‐rater reliability with qualified and unqualified carers in different settings. The findings demonstrate that it is an effective means of identifying health needs for this client group, and is an appropriate tool for use by staff of all grades.