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Bollard, Martin (2013) Disability, relative poverty and gender : how men with learning disabilities perceive and experience the impact of social divisions on their health. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis explores how men with mild to moderate learning disabilities
perceive and experience how disability, relative poverty and gender impact on
their health. Its theoretical framework grounded in analysis of these social
divisions, and informed by the men’s own accounts - previously neglected in
research, reveals complex challenges affecting their health on a daily basis.
Consistent with the thesis’ overarching perspective, key elements of a
participatory approach were adopted in the fieldwork to ensure men with
learning disabilities’ active research involvement. They comprised the steering
group, and twenty men participated in qualitative interviews facilitated by
accessible materials and detailed preliminary preparations.
The findings showed the men were aware of health issues, but were grappling
with the adverse health effects of impairment, including disabilist health care
and victimisation. Low income associated with limited employment confined
most men to relative poverty with negative effects on health. The findings
demonstrated a sharp appreciation of masculinity. Marginalised by other men,
they experienced health threatening abuse, but their resistance to conventional
male disregard for health care, had positive implications for their health.
The thesis provides a more informed, nuanced understanding of the adverse
impact of different dimensions of social disadvantage on the health of men with
mild to moderate learning disabilities. In doing so, it demonstrates the value of
developing knowledge grounded in their perspectives and experience.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare L Education > LC Special aspects of education R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Learning disabled -- Social conditions, Learning disabled -- Services for, Masculinity -- Health aspects, Poverty -- Health aspects, Social medicine | ||||
Official Date: | January 2013 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | School of Health and Social Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Dolan, Alan; McLeod, Eileen | ||||
Extent: | x, 342 leaves. | ||||
Language: | eng |
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