Keeping Healthy 'Down Below'

Downer Jackie, Sheila Hollins

Description

Having a smear test can be worrying. For women with learning disabilities there is the added fear of not understanding what is happening.

This book will help to prepare and support women like Carol who are invited to have a smear test. It begins with a nurse telling Carol and her friends how to stay healthy 'down below'. It goes on to explain what happens to Carol, from receiving the invitation for a smear test, making the preliminary visit to the GP practice and deciding whether she will have the smear or not, to having the smear and receiving the results. We then see her being recalled for a further test.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Fitness
• Health
• Women's Health

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781784581114
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

Extrait

Carol learns how to stay healthy ‘down below’














Carol has a smear test












































Carol is asked back for another smear






Keeping Healthy ‘Down Below’
Sheila Hollins, Jackie Downer and Helen Bailey
illustrated by Beth Webb
Beyond Words
London


Who is this book for?
This book is for anyone who finds pictures easier to understand than words.
People with intellectual disabilities are currently the main group of people finding the book useful. In the UK we talk about someone having a ‘learning disability’, or sometimes ‘learning difficulty’. ‘Intellectual disability’ or ‘developmental disability’ are the terms that people use in other parts of the world.
Someone with an intellectual disability may find it hard to understand new or complex information and to learn new skills. They may need support to live as independently as they choose. Their condition will have started before adulthood and have a lasting impact on their life.
Having an intellectual disability does not mean that a person is not capable of understanding the advice, support or treatment they are given. Many people will be able to understand a situation more easily and make good decisions with the help of the pictures in this book. Some may benefit from just one or two well-chosen pictures.