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Talking to producers of Easy Read health information for people with intellectual disability : Production practices, textual features, and imagined audiences. / Chinn, Deborah Sally.
In: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, Vol. 44, No. 4, 02.10.2019, p. 410-420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Talking to producers of Easy Read health information for people with intellectual disability
T2 - Production practices, textual features, and imagined audiences
AU - Chinn, Deborah Sally
PY - 2019/10/2
Y1 - 2019/10/2
N2 - Background: Concerns about health inequalities experienced by people with intellectual disability (ID) have led to many health information materials being created in an “Easy Read” format. This study aimed to understand the practices involved in making information accessible.Methods: Individual, pair and group interviews were conducted involving people with and without ID based in non-profit organisations, academic, and health service settings. Thematic analysis addressed the creation of Easy Read health resources, the format and content of the texts, and how producers imagine the texts are received by potential audiences.Results: Little consensus emerged of the best way to produce Easy Read health information. Lacking systematic feedback, participants described imagined audiences and contexts for their reception.Conclusions: Production of Easy Read resources has become widespread despite current limited evidence of impact. Interactions between social groups involved in the production process and the wider policy and legislative context contribute to this situation.
AB - Background: Concerns about health inequalities experienced by people with intellectual disability (ID) have led to many health information materials being created in an “Easy Read” format. This study aimed to understand the practices involved in making information accessible.Methods: Individual, pair and group interviews were conducted involving people with and without ID based in non-profit organisations, academic, and health service settings. Thematic analysis addressed the creation of Easy Read health resources, the format and content of the texts, and how producers imagine the texts are received by potential audiences.Results: Little consensus emerged of the best way to produce Easy Read health information. Lacking systematic feedback, participants described imagined audiences and contexts for their reception.Conclusions: Production of Easy Read resources has become widespread despite current limited evidence of impact. Interactions between social groups involved in the production process and the wider policy and legislative context contribute to this situation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062796341&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/13668250.2019.1577640
DO - 10.3109/13668250.2019.1577640
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 410
EP - 420
JO - Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
JF - Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
SN - 1366-8250
IS - 4
ER -
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