{"id":96,"date":"2025-09-29T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:22:46","slug":"funding-success-for-new-project-on-improving-communication-practices-for-patients-with-intellectual-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/2025\/09\/29\/funding-success-for-new-project-on-improving-communication-practices-for-patients-with-intellectual-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding success for new project on improving\u00a0communication practices for patients with intellectual disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" style=\"width:444px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/09\/AdobeStock_639295495-120x80.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new interdisciplinary research project has received external funding from a prestigious funding body to develop an innovative eHealth checklist designed to improve communication practices for patients with intellectual disabilities. The British Academy-funded project is led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/people\/rep\/faculty-of-education-and-health\/genevieve-breau\">Dr Genevieve Breau<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, with Dr Calvin Burns, Associate Professor in Industrial-Organisational Psychology, a co-investigator with expertise in communication and trust in relation to patient outcomes in hospitals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the project, Dr Breau and Dr Burns will run focus groups with individuals with intellectual disabilities to better understand patient experience of communications with healthcare providers. Focus groups will be supported by self-advocacy groups that support people with intellectual disabilites in the local community. Knowledge around best practices for patient-provider communication in a range of settings will be also co-produced with advocacy groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is an international collaboration, with partners in France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Cyprus, New Zealand, USA and Poland. A future bid on patient-provider communication practices for people with intellectual disabilities is planned for submission to the European Union\u2019s core research and innovation funding programme, Horizon Europe.\u00a0Dr Breau is Programme Lead on our <strong>new<\/strong> <strong>programme<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/undergraduate-courses\/eduhea\/psychology-mental-health-and-wellbeing-bsc-hons\">BSc (Hons) Mental Health and Wellbeing<\/a>, and Dr Burns teaches on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/postgraduate-courses\/eduhea\/occupational-psychology-msc\">MSc in Occupational Psychology<\/a>, in the School of Human Sciences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new interdisciplinary research project has received external funding from a prestigious funding body to develop an innovative eHealth checklist designed to improve communication practices for patients with intellectual disabilities. 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