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Poverty and disability: a survey of the literature
- Author:
- ELWAN Ann
- Publisher:
- World Bank
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 48p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
This review summarizes the literature on disability and its relationship to poverty, including education, employment, income, and access to basic social services. Despite the dearth of formal analysis, it is clear that in developing countries, as in more developed areas, disabled people (and their families) are more likely than the rest of the population to live in poverty. It is a two-way relationship -- disability adds to the risk of poverty, and conditions of poverty increase the risk of disability. Disability in developing countries stems largely from preventable impairments associated with communicable, maternal and perinatal disease and injuries, and prevention has to remain a primary focus. An increasing emphasis on community based participatory rehabilitation reflects growing recognition of the inadequacy of past official programs, particularly involving specialized and exclusionary institutions.
Supporting disabled children and their families
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 13(5), November 1999, pp.394-400.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Presents an overview of recent research projects addressing the needs of disabled children and their families.
Growing up in Britain: ensuring a healthy future for our children; a study of 0-5 year olds
- Author:
- BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Board of Science and Education
- Publisher:
- BMJ Books
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 222p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report covering child health from conception to age five. Focuses on the impact of social and economic inequality on child health. Includes chapters on: inequalities in child health; childhood nutrition; abuse and injury; disability; mental health and behavioural problems; and origins of adult disease. Closes with a chapter drawing conclusions and presenting a broad range of recommendations for actions that need to be taken if the UK is to provide an environment in which children are nurtured and their health in their early years is recognised as key to the future well being of the country.
Approaches to teaching health care in social work: a compendium of model syllabi
- Authors:
- COPELAND Valire Carr, et al, comps
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 155p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Alexandria, VA
Syllabi focusing on social work in health care. Contains course outlines on: case management with vulnerable populations; special fields of social work health settings; social work issues in health care; social work practice in health care settings; poverty, health and health policy; social work in health; health care issues, policies and programmes; health, illness and disability; clinical social work issues in health care; introduction to health services research; issues in maternal health; urban health care; social and preventive issues around AIDS; gender and chronic health conditions; and health care for the poor.