Disability and Rehabilitation in Rural Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study

Disability and Rehabilitation in Rural Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study
ISBN-10
0838634370
ISBN-13
9780838634370
Category
Medical
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
1992
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Author
Ronnie Linda Leavitt

Description

Although negative conditions exist, it appears that disabled children are not particularly stigmatized at the household level. Nevertheless, societal stigmatization and apathy do exist. As a result, disabled children are not being prepared to fully integrate into Jamaican society. 2. There is a range of variation of beliefs and behaviors with regard to disability and rehabilitation. The concept of intracultural diversity is supported. 3. This population has adapted their cultural belief systems and actual behaviors to match their material realities. That is, it would appear that people who have a disability, and their caretakers, have demonstrated "contextual accommodation." 4. Community based rehabilitation programs, based on the primary health care and community participation principles enumerated by the WHO are theoretically sound and practically attainable in Jamaica.

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