People with learning disabilities may experience health inequalities for a number of reasons. Scotland has been developing and implementing strategies to improve the health of people with learning disabilities since 2011, including the Keys to Life policy and implementation plan.
NHS Education Scotland (NES) have developed an educational framework on health equalities for people with learning disabilities, which takes a human rights based approach.
The Learning Disability MCN “Introduction to Learning Disability and Health Equality” course is based around this framework and uses the following resources:
Informed Level: Video series on learning disability and health equality:
Chapter 1: Background to the Equal Health Framework: https://vimeo.com/246415106 (6 minutes)
Chapter 2: Understanding learning disability https://vimeo.com/246415001 (8 minutes)
Chapter 3: Understanding learning disability and health inequality https://vimeo.com/246416543 (11 minutes)
Chapter 4: Enabling people with learning disability to access to health and health promotion https://vimeo.com/246416222 (18 minutes)
Chapter 5: Summary, credits & outtakes ( 2 minutes) https://vimeo.com/246416683
Skilled level: Equal Health Skilled Learning resource.
A work book for self directed study and discussion during the live sessions of the course.
“The resource has been developed for all staff who support people with learning disabilities, their families and carers and is designed to help improve your knowledge and skills in ensuring the people you work with have equal health, using a human rights based approach” (NES, Equal Health Skilled Practice resource p8)