Disability, Health And Human Development (palgrave Studies In Disability And International Development)
by Sophie Mitra /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
