Advantages of Community Based Rehabilitation in Pakistan

Aims: The aim of this study is to develop awareness of community-based rehabilitation for easy assessment of community-based problems and its effectiveness regarding disabled cases. Methods: A literature review was conducted on Medline, Springer link, Google scholar, etc. to obtain published arti...

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Main Authors: Faizan Jameel Khanzada, Brigitte Kamran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dow University of Health Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences
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Online Access:https://jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1523
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description Aims: The aim of this study is to develop awareness of community-based rehabilitation for easy assessment of community-based problems and its effectiveness regarding disabled cases. Methods: A literature review was conducted on Medline, Springer link, Google scholar, etc. to obtain published articles on the “role of community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan,†“Effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation†and “Different ways of community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan.†The articles and other documents were then summarized to assess the awareness and effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan. Results: The community-based rehabilitation is a community driven multi-sector gross root system, which considers that "million of disable people have a right to lead a good life get benefits like equal opportunities, better quality of life, social and economic integration, medical care, education Clearly community-based rehabilitation served many challenges and to ease them in a creative imaginative solutions. So we needed to establish the community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan for the improvement the status of our society. Recommendations/Conclusion: It is suggested to promote and practice community-based rehabilitation system in Pakistan, being one of developing countries to provide equal opportunities and non-discriminative environment for the disabled people as independent and acceptable individual who will reduce the economic burden of the country.
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spelling doaj.art-e39c68ec2e2b4357b461d72b69eb28ed2023-05-28T03:11:21ZengDow University of Health SciencesJournal of the Dow University of Health Sciences1995-21982410-21802012-04-0161Advantages of Community Based Rehabilitation in PakistanFaizan Jameel Khanzada0Brigitte Kamran1Student, BS Occupational Therapy, School of Occupational Therapy, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, PakistanStudent, BS Occupational Therapy, School of Occupational Therapy, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan Aims: The aim of this study is to develop awareness of community-based rehabilitation for easy assessment of community-based problems and its effectiveness regarding disabled cases. Methods: A literature review was conducted on Medline, Springer link, Google scholar, etc. to obtain published articles on the “role of community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan,†“Effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation†and “Different ways of community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan.†The articles and other documents were then summarized to assess the awareness and effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan. Results: The community-based rehabilitation is a community driven multi-sector gross root system, which considers that "million of disable people have a right to lead a good life get benefits like equal opportunities, better quality of life, social and economic integration, medical care, education Clearly community-based rehabilitation served many challenges and to ease them in a creative imaginative solutions. So we needed to establish the community-based rehabilitation in Pakistan for the improvement the status of our society. Recommendations/Conclusion: It is suggested to promote and practice community-based rehabilitation system in Pakistan, being one of developing countries to provide equal opportunities and non-discriminative environment for the disabled people as independent and acceptable individual who will reduce the economic burden of the country. https://jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1523AdvantagerehabilitationcommunitybasedPakistan
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