6 Apr 2012

HSE Publishes Three Disability Care Group Reports

14th March 2012

The Health Service Executive has today published three Disability Care Group Reports that will assist with the strategic planning and implementation of the major change programme for disability services that is underway.
The reports that have been published:

Research Resources - Overview


April 2012 – Where to begin –places to find research and policy on intellectual disability in Ireland. 

National/Governement level policy & research :

Disability Federation of Ireland. Available at: http://www.disability-federation.ie/index.php?uniqueID=2  [Accessed April 6, 2012a] .

Inclusion Ireland - National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability. Available at: http://www.inclusionireland.ie/  [Accessed April 6, 2012b].

National Council for Special Education. Available at: http://www.ncse.ie/index.asp  [Accessed April 6, 2012c].

NDA Home Page. Available at: http://www.nda.ie/  [Accessed April 6, 2012].

Research - University/Health Institutions Ireland

Health Research Board. Available at: http://www.hrb.ie/about/  [Accessed April 6, 2012a].

LENUS - Irish Health Repository. Available at: http://www.lenus.ie/hse/  [Accessed April 6, 2012b].

Academic Research:

Databases
International databases that we use for journal articles are CINAHL, PubMed, PsychInfo, and Psych Behavioural Sciences. Contact Sheila for login details. 

Journals:
Key journals we use are:
Learning Disability Practice (ID, UK)
Frontline (ID, Ireland)
REACH - journal of special education needs (ID, Ireland)
Nursing Standard(General, Ireland)


International databases we use for evidence based practice are:

Trip Database - Clinical Search Engine  The Trip Database is a clinical research tool designed to allow health professional to rapidly find the highest quality clinical evidence.

Cochrane Reviews - Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.

 Specialist databases we use are:
BILD, the British Institute of Learning Disabilities. Available at: http://www.bild.org.uk/about-bild/aboutbild /  [Accessed April 6, 2012].[Contact sheila for membership login]

Contact a Family - Provides an A-Z listing with basic information on many
ID conditions/syndromes and contact details of specialist support groups.

OT seeker - Occupational Therapy. Available at: http://www.otseeker.com/?org_id=221   [Accessed April 6, 2012].

PEDro. Physiotherapy . Available at: http://www.pedro.org.au/?org_id=221