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Abstract
Rehabilitation in the Philippines has in the past been based on the Western model, with an emphasis on hospital departments located in the major cities. This approach is inappropriate for the majority of disabled people in the Republic as 70% of the population live in rural areas. A community-based programme was devised using local volunteers who had simple training. These volunteers can identify and support disabled people in their own villages, avoiding long journeys and expensive institutional care.Entities:
Keywords: Accidental Deaths; Asia; Behavior; Chronic Diseases; Community Workers; Congenital Abnormalities; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Education; Field Report; Handicapped; Health; Health Personnel; Intelligence; Mental Retardation; Mortality; Neonatal Diseases And Abnormalities; Organization And Administration; Paramedical Personnel; Personality; Philippines; Pilot Projects; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Program Activities; Programs; Psychological Factors; Recruitment Activities; Research Methodology; Rural Population; Self Care; Southeastern Asia; Studies; Technology; Training Programs; Treatment
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2534311 DOI： 10.3109/03790798909166400
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Disabil Stud ISSN： 0259-9147