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WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACCESSING SERVICES DURING PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY MOTHERHOODSchool of Nursing <strong>and</strong> Midwifery, Trinity College DublinBrough<strong>to</strong>n<strong>and</strong>Thomson(2000)Cuskelly<strong>and</strong> Bride(2004)Ditchfield<strong>and</strong> Burns(2004)Drummond(2006)Government ofIrel<strong>and</strong>(1993)IASSIDSIRG(2008)U.K.AustraliaU.K.Irel<strong>and</strong>To explorewomen <strong>with</strong> ID’sperspectives onthe cervicalsmear test.To examineattitudes aboutsexual expressionof persons <strong>with</strong> IDTo explorewomen’sexperience inrespect of theirmenstrual health.To explorecaregivers’ <strong>and</strong>parents’ views onQualitativeinterviews.Quantitativestudy usingattitudinalscale.Qualitativeresearch.Quantitativedescriptive.52 women <strong>with</strong>intellectual disabilities<strong>and</strong> 34 carers.43 parents of an adult<strong>with</strong> ID; 62 supportstaff; 63 communityindividuals.11 women <strong>with</strong>intellectualdisabilities.Lack of knowledge <strong>and</strong> information on thepart of the women <strong>and</strong> service providers.Conservative <strong>and</strong> negative attitudes <strong>to</strong>sexuality <strong>and</strong> parenthood.Uncertainty <strong>and</strong> confusion <strong>with</strong> themenstrual cycle. Negative attitudes <strong>to</strong>menstruation <strong>and</strong>, through this, <strong>to</strong> sexuality.45 primary carers. Relationship between attitudes <strong>to</strong> sexualityof people <strong>with</strong> intellectual disabilities isinfluenced by age <strong>and</strong> religious practice.sexuality.Irel<strong>and</strong> N/A Legal statute. Not research article. Defines sexual intercourse/or attemptedsexual intercourse <strong>with</strong> a person who is‘mentally impaired’ <strong>to</strong> be a criminal offence.InternationalTo set out aposition onparenting bypersons <strong>with</strong>intellectualdisabilities.Position paper Not research article.Sets out the position of the InternationalAssociation for the Scientific Study ofIntellectual <strong>Disabilities</strong> on parents <strong>and</strong>parenting by persons <strong>with</strong> intellectualdisabilities.190

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