practice where each understands themselves as part of the other and ‘system’ cooperation becomes a natural part of work. Appendix A: Method Relevant research and other useful documents were identified through structured journal database searching and a search of relevant literature such as policy and ‘grey’ practice guidelines and associated documents. The aim was to create a rapid review which would allow those working in NDIS related policy and practice to understand the barriers to effective practice at the interface between health and disability and to propose solutions which would address these barriers. Reviews are summaries’ which aim to provide end users with a ‘evidence ‘rapidly’ summary of relevant research which will inform their practice 22. Rapid reviews are designed to be a much faster review process than systematic reviews but are similar in process. While retaining the searching of systematic reviews, rapid ‘systematised’ reviews differ in that they do not offer a meta-synthesis of the data from papers identified, replacing this with a narrative summary of relevant findings 22. The following databases were accessed (in May 2016) in order to find relevant academic journal articles: Cochrane Collection, Cinahl, Medline, Social Science Citation index and the Web of Science. The definition of disability used to frame the rapid review is the United Nations definition: with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, “Persons mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various attitudinal and environmental barriers, hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others” (Article 1, UN, 2006). Search terms and method: Search terms were expanded out from the basic research question which sought literature on the interface between health and disability.
practice where each ‘system’ understands themselves as part of the other and cooperation becomes a natural part of work. Appendix A: Method Relevant research and other useful documents were identified through structured journal database searching and a search of relevant ‘grey’ literature such as policy and practice guidelines and associated documents. The aim was to create a rapid review which would allow those working in NDIS related policy and practice to understand the barriers to effective practice at the interface between health and disability and to propose solutions which would address these barriers. Reviews are ‘evidence summaries’ which aim to ‘rapidly’ provide end users with a summary of relevant research which will inform their practice 22. Rapid reviews are designed to be a much faster review process than systematic reviews but are similar in process. While retaining the ‘systematised’ searching of systematic reviews, rapid reviews differ in that they do not offer a meta-synthesis of the data from papers identified, replacing this with a narrative summary of relevant findings 22. The following databases were accessed (in May 2016) in order to find relevant academic journal articles: Cochrane Collection, Cinahl, Medline, Social Science Citation index and the Web of Science. The definition of disability used to frame the rapid review is the United Nations definition: “Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various attitudinal and environmental barriers, hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others” (Article 1, UN, 2006). Search terms and method: Search terms were expanded out from the basic research question which sought literature on the interface between health and disability.
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