The health of disabled people and the social determinants of health
The health of disabled people and the social determinants of health
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DOI:
10.1016/j.puhe.2010.11.003
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
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影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Robertson, J.
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作者:
Emerson, E.;Madden, R.;Robertson, J.
Disability arises when people with health conditions or impairments are confronted by social conditions (or environmental barriers) that reduce their everyday activities and social participation. As such, disability is not a characteristic of a person, nor is it an inevitable consequence of particular health conditions. Rather, it is a socially determined outcome resulting from the operation of disabling and discriminatory cultural, social and environmental conditions. As a result, estimating the number of people who experience disability is problematic. However, most attempts suggest that a significant proportion of children and adults experience disability, with a global estimate of 10-12%(660-790 million people) being considered ‘not unreasonable’. This is equivalent to over twice the population of North America. Similarly, social theories of disability typically consider social determinants, what the WHO Commission refers to as ‘the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age’as being the major determinants of disability. Within these approaches to disability, however, the social conditions and processes of primary interest are disability-specific discriminatory practices, and the cultural, social and environmental barriers to the full participation of people with health conditions or impairments.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)