Physical Disabilities in Rural Population of a District of North India

Late Javed a. Khan Dhananjay K. Srivastava

ISBN 10: 3843380139 / ISBN 13: 9783843380133

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2010

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pp. 72.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Physical Disabilities in Rural Population of a District of North India
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843380139
• ISBN 13: 9783843380133
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An estimated 10% of the world's population experience some form of disability or impairment. It is now recognized that a disability can often be complicated by additional medical, psychological, or environmental factors. The occurrence of disability is high in developing countries. It is among the poorest communities and that poverty breeds disablement and disablement breeds poverty, a vicious cycle that the poor can least afford. The public health community has traditionally paid little attention to the health needs of people with disabilities. Public health has traditionally responded to emerging needs; people with disabilities are a group whose health needs should be targeted. Most of the impairments can be prevented if proper preventive and rehabilitative measures are undertaken in this respect.

About the Author

Dhananjay K. Srivastava MBBS, MPH: Providing technical support to Government of Bihar a state of India for Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization with WHO-National Polio Surveillance Project. Late Javed A Khan MD Community Medicine: Deputy Director, Center for Epidemiology, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India.