This section of the website will provide you with links to valuable resources for your information. And you will also find more resources, including all National Federation publications, under our Publications section.
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Links by first letter: (W)
- Webtrade Ltd
http://www.webtrade.ie/
- Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/psychological_medicine/research/welsh_centre_learning_disabilities
The Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities is a multi-disciplinary
academic section of the Department of Psychological Medicine at Cardiff
University. First established in 1975, it brings together a range of
expertise in clinical practice, research, teaching and service
development associated with many aspects of the lives of people with
learning disabilities. The work of the Centre is underpinned by a
values base which recognises everybody’s rights to life,
self-determination and equality of opportunity to be healthy, develop
and be fulfilled. It seeks to promote the welfare of people with
learning disabilities and their families.
- Women and Men in Ireland , 2008
http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/women_and_men_in_ireland_2008.htm
The social partnership agreement 2003-2005 requested the CSO to support a move towards more evidence based policy-making. Responding to this request, the National Statistics Board (NSB) asked the CSO to prepare a social indicator report covering all aspects of social statistics. The NSB placed considerable emphasis on the value of disaggregating the social indicators by key characteristics such as the nine equality grounds named in equality legislation. The CSO agreed with the Board a strategy of producing a series of key thematic social indicator reports that would be structured around the nine equality grounds. The CSO produced an initial gender report in December 2004. Further reports were produced in December 2005, 2006 and 2007. This report is the fifth in the series www.cso.ie.
- Workway
http://www.workway.ie/
This website was established under the Workway project which was an
IBEC/ ICTU initiative set up under the Programme for Prosperity and
Fairness to increase awareness and promote the employment of people
with disabilities in the private sector.
- World Bank
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALPROTECTION/EXTDISABILITY/0,,menuPK:282704~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:282699,00.html
The World Bank’s mission is to fight poverty with passion and
professionalism for lasting results. In the area of disability, it is
working to ensure full participation of people with disabilities in its
development work, as well as within its own organization. The focus of
this site is on Disability and Development.
- World Health Organisation - Regional Office for Europe
http://www.who.dk/
This is the homepage of the World Health Organisation's Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunites area.
- World Health Organisation (WHO) - Mental Health
http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/
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The World Health Report 2001: Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope (169 pages)
- The WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation
brings together important information on international human rights
standards related to mental health. It provides practical guidance on
key issues that governments need to consider and incorporate into their
national mental health laws, as well as useful strategies to facilitate
the development, adoption and implementation of the laws (2005). (199
pages).
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Human Resource and Training in Mental Health:
This Module provides a comprehensive approach to human resources and
training for mental health in countries. It includes guidance on the
development of a human resource policy for mental health and provides a
coherent framework for workforce development (2005). (142 pages)
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Promoting Mental Health:
Concepts, emerging evidence, practice (Full Report). The Report aims
to bring to life the mental health dimension of health promotion. Like
health promotion, mental health promotion involves actions that allow
people to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles and create living
conditions and environments that support health. This book describes
the concepts relating to promotion of mental health, the emerging
evidence for effectiveness of interventions and the public health
policy and practice implications (2005). (310 pages)