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Social care in rural areas — developing an agenda for research, policy and practice
Corporate Author	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF
Journal title	Findings, no 5110, May 2000
Publisher	Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, May 2000
Pages	4 pp
Keywords	Rural areas ; Services ; Social Services Departments ; Social policy ; Research.
Annotation	The voices of those living in rural areas - particularly those receiving social care services, or groups needing specialist attention in policy development - are rarely heard. Gary Craig and Jill Manthorpe of the University of Hull have carried out a study of initiatives and debates, and found major differences in levels of, or access to, services between areas. Their research found that issues in rural social care are evoking interest in research, policy and practitioner debates. Involving service users and local community organisations should be central to the construction of a rural agenda for social care. These findings summarise their full report, "Fresh fields: rural social care: research, policy and practice agendas" published on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) by YPS. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000613202 B
Classmark	RL: I: PF: TM2: 3A
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