Disability, Health and Human Development
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2017
XXI, 177 pages
978-1-137-53638-9 (ISBN)
Available for download
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan US
Illustrations
17
3 s/w Abbildungen, 17 farbige Abbildungen
XXI, 177 p. 20 illus., 17 illus. in color.
ISBN-13
978-1-137-53638-9 (9781137536389)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-53638-9
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Sophie Mitra is Professor of Economics at Fordham University, USA. She is co-editor of the series
Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
, Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association, and Senior research associate at the Center for International Policy Studies at Fordham.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Human Development Model of Disability, Health and Wellbeing.- Chapter 3: Measurement, Data and Context.- Chapter 4: Prevalence of Functional Difficulties.- Chapter 5: Functional Difficulties and Inequalities through a Static Lens.- Chapter 6: Dynamics of Functional Difficulties and Wellbeing.- Chapter 7: Main Results and Implications.
