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Record Nr.

UNINA9910231246603321

Autore

Mitra Sophie

Titolo

Disability, Health and Human Development [[electronic resource] /] / by Sophie Mitra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

1-137-53638-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 177 p. 20 illus., 17 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development

Social change

People with disabilities

Economic policy

Africa—Economic conditions

Development and Social Change

Disability Studies

Development Policy

Development and Health

African Economics

Development Theory

Ethiopia

Malawi

Tanzania

Uganda

Africa

Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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. .

Sommario/riassunto

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. .