title: Improving access to screening for people with learning disabilities.
abstract: People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, and are less likely to access screening services than the general population. The National Development Team for Inclusion and the Norah Fry Research Centre developed a toolkit and guidance to improve uptake of five national (English) screening programmes (one of which is delivered through local programmes), based on work to improve access by people with learning disabilities in the south west peninsula of the UK. This article describes the findings in relation to the five English screening programmes and suggests ways to improve uptake of cancer screening by people with learning disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Norah Fry Research Centre, Bristol.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marriott
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giraud-Saunders
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000193:education*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Cancer prevention; health inequalities; health promotion; intellectual disability; learning disabilities; learning disability; screening