Meeting the health needs of people who have a learning disability / edited by Jeanette Thompson, Sharon Pickering ; foreword by The Healthy Living Group, York ; prologue by Oliver Russell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Context of health.1. Future directions-initiatives and agendas--2. Concepts of Health and disability--3. Influences on Health--4. Health needs of people who have a learning disability. Section 2: Strategies for identifying health needs--5. The public health agenda--6. The assessment of health needs--7. Health promotion with people who have a learning disability--8. Assessing health information--Section 3: Meeting health needs--9. Being well and my well-being--10. Self-concept and people who have learning disabilities--11. Valued occupation for people who have a learning disability--12. Sexual health--13. Mental Health--14. Life transitions and personal change--Section 4: Developing partnerships--15. Supporting the supporters - some reflections on family caregiving--16. Working with communities--17. Interprofessional and multi-agency working.

This text examines the physical and psychological health needs of people with learning difficulties and how the required services can best be provided.