Disability, Health and Human Development

Description

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.   Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Introduction (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 1-7 The Human Development Model of Disability, Health and Wellbeing (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 9-32 Measurement, Data and Country Context (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 33-60 Prevalence of Functional Difficulties (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 61-88 Functional Difficulties and Inequalities Through a Static Lens (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 89-127 Dynamics of Functional Difficulties and Wellbeing (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 129-152 Main Results and Implications (Sophie Mitra)....Pages 153-162 Back Matter ....Pages 163-177