Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges
Disability is an important public health problem especially in developing countries like India. The problem will increase in future because of increase in trend of non-communicable diseases and change in age structure with an increase in life expectancy. The issues are different in developed and dev...
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| description | Disability is an important public health problem especially in developing countries like India. The problem will increase in future because of increase in trend of non-communicable diseases and change in age structure with an increase in life expectancy. The issues are different in developed and developing countries, and rehabilitation measures should be targeted according the needs of the disabled with community participation. In India, a majority of the disabled resides in rural areas where accessibility, availability, and utilization of rehabilitation services and its cost-effectiveness are the major issues to be considered. Research on disability burden, appropriate intervention strategies and their implementation to the present context in India is a big challenge. Recent data was collected from Medline and various other sources and analyzed. The paper discusses various issues and challenges related to disability and rehabilitation services in India and emphasize to strengthen health care and service delivery to disabled in the community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b95c438280b940289d9a54c866dfd5b62022-12-21T22:05:06ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632012-01-0111697310.4103/2249-4863.94458Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challengesS Ganesh KumarGautam RoySitanshu Sekhar KarDisability is an important public health problem especially in developing countries like India. The problem will increase in future because of increase in trend of non-communicable diseases and change in age structure with an increase in life expectancy. The issues are different in developed and developing countries, and rehabilitation measures should be targeted according the needs of the disabled with community participation. In India, a majority of the disabled resides in rural areas where accessibility, availability, and utilization of rehabilitation services and its cost-effectiveness are the major issues to be considered. Research on disability burden, appropriate intervention strategies and their implementation to the present context in India is a big challenge. Recent data was collected from Medline and various other sources and analyzed. The paper discusses various issues and challenges related to disability and rehabilitation services in India and emphasize to strengthen health care and service delivery to disabled in the community.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2012;volume=1;issue=1;spage=69;epage=73;aulast=KumarChallengesdisabilityIndiaissuesrehabilitation services |
| spellingShingle | S Ganesh Kumar Gautam Roy Sitanshu Sekhar Kar Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care Challenges disability India issues rehabilitation services |
| title | Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges |
| title_full | Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges |
| title_short | Disability and rehabilitation services in India: Issues and challenges |
| title_sort | disability and rehabilitation services in india issues and challenges |
| topic | Challenges disability India issues rehabilitation services |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2012;volume=1;issue=1;spage=69;epage=73;aulast=Kumar |
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