Article ; Online: Answering the Rehabilitation 2030 Call.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation
2024
Abstract: In 2017, the World Health Organization initiated a global effort to improve rehabilitative services by 2030, with the overall goal of helping individuals with disabilities achieve maximal independence and improved well-being. Though more than 1 billion ... ...
Abstract | In 2017, the World Health Organization initiated a global effort to improve rehabilitative services by 2030, with the overall goal of helping individuals with disabilities achieve maximal independence and improved well-being. Though more than 1 billion people worldwide live with a disability, a significant portion do not have access to appropriate rehabilitative services. In low-income countries, such as Zambia, where rehabilitative services are greatly lacking, disability can further exacerbate economic disparities in the context of personal, cultural, and environmental factors that limit participation in society. Therefore, expansion of rehabilitative services in low-income countries is a pressing global need, and such efforts must be tailored to the societal and cultural framework in which they are implemented. Community-based rehabilitation programs are uniquely poised to provide services in similar low-to-middle-income countries as they eliminate travel barriers to care, allow for regular follow-up, and address the societal determinants of disability by encouraging greater community engagement and by decreasing cultural stigma around disability. Special Hope Network (SHN), a community-based rehabilitation organization in Lusaka, Zambia that serves families caring for children with physical and cognitive disabilities, represents a cost-effective, sustainable, and culturally practical model to provide rehabilitative care. We propose this organization's model as one that can be reproduced and expanded upon in other low-to-middle-income countries to answer the World Health Organization's call to action. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-03-28 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 2608988-9 |
ISSN | 1934-1563 ; 1934-1482 |
ISSN (online) | 1934-1563 |
ISSN | 1934-1482 |
DOI | 10.1002/pmrj.13160 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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