Disability, Health and Human Development
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F978-1-137-53638-9Auteur
Sophie Mitra
Language
EnglishRésumé
This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with multidimensional poverty, mortality, economic insecurity and deprivations in education, morbidity and employment. It shows that disability needs to be considered from multiple angles including aging, gender, health and poverty. Ultimately, this study makes a call for inclusion and prevention interventions as solutions to the deprivations associated with impairments and health conditions.
Keywords
development; mortality; Sen’s capability approach; economic insecurity; povertyWebshop link
http://www.palgrave.com/gb/boo ...ISBN
9781137536372, 9781137536389Publisher
Palgrave MacmillanPublisher website
http://www.palgrave.comPublication date and place
2017Series
Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development,Classification
Medical ethics & professional conduct