Mitra, Sophie.

Disability, Health and Human Development [electronic resource] / by Sophie Mitra. - 1st ed. 2018. - XXI, 177 páginas20 ilustraciones, 17 ilustraciones in color. online resource. - Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, 2945-6622 . - Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, .

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. .

Open Access

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. .

9781137536389

10.1057/978-1-137-53638-9 doi


Economic development.
Social medicine.
Africa-Economic conditions.
Development Studies.
Health, Medicine and Society.
African Economics.

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