Reducing the barriers to relationships and sexuality education for persons with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-43

  Lafferty, Attracta ^a   McConkey, Roy ^b   Simpson, Audrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Family Planning Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

family; intellectual disability; professionals; relationships; sex education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRELAND; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 84864504908     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629512438034     Document Type: Article

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