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Author Mitra, Sophie, author

Title Disability, Health and Human Development / by Sophie Mitra
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (XXI, 177 pages 20 illustrations, 17 illustrations in color.) : online resource
Series Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
Palgrave studies in disability and international development.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Subject Economic development.
Economic policy.
Political science.
Social change.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1137536373
1137536381
9781137536372
9781137536389