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Disability Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviours: Preliminary Report on an International Project in Community Based Rehabilitation
- Tipologia documento
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- EN
- Abstract / Indice dei contenuti
- A comparative international project on disability attitudes, beliefs and behaviours was carried out in Bangladesh, Canada, India and Indonesia in collaboration with partner institutions and researchers. This paper presents an overview of the preliminary findings across all communities, and includes information on sample and scale characteristics, and scale distributions. Among the variables measured were: beliefs (causal beliefs, control beliefs); and attitudes toward persons with a disability, and towards modes of relations with such persons. Responses within cultures (comparing persons with a disability, their family members, and community members), and across cultures indicate both similarities and differences that can be interpreted in terms of disability status and cultural background. Implications of these findings for health promotion and disability prevention in varying cultural contexts are presented.
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- Subject
- Awareness raising
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