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What is Community-Based Rehabilitation

Contemporary Issues in Global Medicine and Moving Toward International Healthcare Equity
Services available to individuals with disabilities within their own community; community members or organizations take responsibility for assisting disabled people or their families.
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Disabilities in Low Resources Settings
Abigail Rattin (Independent Researcher, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8490-3.ch012
Abstract
People with disabilities globally represent an extraordinarily diverse group of people with varied unique needs and multifaceted challenges. Expanding understanding about prevention, diagnoses, and management of disabilities is an important step toward improving the quality of life and healthcare equity for families impacted by disabilities. Exploring primary and secondary prevention of disability goes hand in hand with recognizing how to diagnose and manage the primary condition and associated conditions. Equipping the community and family to help the members with disabilities thrive includes tapping into resources and expanding knowledge and experience with various disabilities.
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Community-Based Rehabilitation Programs for the Acid Victims' Community in Bangladesh: A Conceptual Analysis Aiming to Including the Excluded Into the SDGs Regime
The World Health Organisation (WHO) promoted the concept of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in the mid-70. However, CBR is a term that has been used in different literature with different names. As Momm and Konig (1998) AU94: The in-text citation "As Momm and Konig (1998)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. used ‘community integration,’ Miles (1998) AU95: The in-text citation "Miles (1998)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. introduced “information-based rehabilitation”. Miles and Medi (1994) AU96: The in-text citation "Miles and Medi (1994)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. used ‘community-based support’ as CBR in another paper. Frye (1992) AU97: The in-text citation "Frye (1992)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. applied the term ‘community-based integration of rehabilitation instead of CBR in his writings. Samuel (2015) AU98: The in-text citation "Samuel (2015)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. mentioned CBR as a philosophy.
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