Partnership working between university researchers and self-advocacy organizations
| Autor: | Ian Buchanan, Geert Van Hove, Patrick Schelfhout, Griet Roets, Louise Townson, Ludo Schoeters, Rohhss Chapman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Gerontology
Universities Persons with Mental Disabilities Control (management) Self-advocacy Patient Advocacy Health Professions (miscellaneous) Empirical research Belgium 0504 sociology Humans Sociology Learning Disabilities business.industry Research 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Social environment Public relations Mental health Self-Help Groups Psychiatry and Mental health Interinstitutional Relations England Work (electrical) General partnership business 0503 education Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 9:345-357 |
| ISSN: | 1744-6309 1744-6295 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1744629505059178 |
| Popis: | This article gives accounts of differing experiences of self-advocate partnerships in research with universities in England and Flanders. In England the partnership grew up within a local People First group built upon a personal working relationship with one support person. It is focused almost exclusively on empirical research and, because it is aimed at influencing policy and practice, questions of funding and control are to the fore. In Flanders the partnership is closely linked with the development of a national movement of self-advocates in which the university was a close ally. Research is important in both contexts but in Flanders the university is more clearly identified with the wider movement. Partnerships have their ups and downs but in both countries researchers with the label ‘learning difficulties’ wish to set their own agendas and place great importance on trust in their work with their support worker (England) or ally (Flanders). |
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