Hello Zara,

I looked up about the health literacy of support workers / carers for people with learning disability but could not find much. You may already be aware of these.

This paper (p13) mentions the topic but does no go into detail:

Emerson, E., Baines, S., Allerton, L., & Welch, V. (2010). Health inequalities and people with learning disabilities in the UK: 2010. Durham: Improving Health & Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory, 2010.

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/05fc/2c9bc64b20cd6bb53a28743d6409347b03cc.pdf

This is the 2012 edition:

https://www.basw.co.uk/system/files/resources/basw_14846-4_0.pdf

I don't know if you would gain anything by looking up the references; some are regarding specific diagnoses.

The authors made this paper available on request from RG; maybe they could help, if you contacted them?:

Article Health Inequalities & People with Learning Disabilities in the UK

P.8 of this link might be relevant but again, does not go into detail:

Turner, S., & Robinson, C. (2011). Health Inequalities and People with Learning Disabilities in the UK: 2010. Improving Health and Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory.

https://www.ndti.org.uk/uploads/files/IHaL_2011_healthinequalitiessocialcare_guidance_final.pdf

I looked at this report regarding Wales:

http://www2.nphs.wales.nhs.uk:8080/communicationsgroupdocs.nsf/815f97434d281f8b80257508003d3986/a2588bc62b678a5b802578c70032b10e/$FILE/Health%20Literacy%20Scoping%20Document%20FINAL%20Sarah%20Puntoni.pdf

but when I tried to access reference 52, the link did not work.

All these are quite old now.

Very best wishes,

Mary