The Help Guide For Community Based Rehabilitation Workers

Volume numbers determined from Scope of the guidelines, p. 12-13.

Describes a planning process, for use by managers, that can lead to better basic and referral services for the many people suffering form disabilities in developing countries. The guide is intended for managers of services where the community-based rehabilitation approach has been adopted. Highly practical, and supported by abundant checklists, examples, and model timetables and forms, the manual can be used in training courses or for self-study by managers interested in improving their planning skills. The manual has five chapters. The first provides definitions of terms and concepts useful in understanding disability and rehabilitation, explains how a community-based rehabilitation program operates in conjunction with referral services, and gives a brief description of the management cycle. The next two chapters provide training modules. Chapter two, on assessing the current situation, presents three modules describing components of a situation analysis, followed by a suggested method for setting priorities based on the analysis. Information ranges from possible sources of data on numbers and types of disabilities, through a list of common disabilities and their preventable and non-preventable causes, to examples of factors to be considered when setting priorities. The six modules in chapter three begin with advice on setting objectives and targets. The remaining modules cover five other components of the planning process: selecting strategies, listing activities, identifying sources, estimating costs, and reviewing the plan. Chapter four describes six activities involved in implementing a program. The manual concludes with a chapter outlining the components of program evaluation and the information that should be gathered and analyzed.

Presents an overview of effective development strategies and practices for vocational and other skills for disabled people. Provides tips for policy makers, CBR practitioners and other training personnel on planning and implementing programmes to develop skills and to support access to work . Illustrates through examples of good practice, the basic principles of enabling disabled people to acquire skills and find greater self-fulfilment through decent work.

A majority of people living in rural areas and urban slums worldwide have minimal access to healthcare. Without information about what to give a child with stomach flu, how to relieve the pain of a broken bone, and how to work against increased substance abuse in a village, the whole community suffers. Children, adolescents, adults, and older people are all affected by the lack of what many of us view as basic healthcare, such as vaccination, pain killers, and contraceptives. To improve living conditions and life expectancy, the people in urban slums and rural areas need access to a trained health care worker, and a functioning clinic. Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings illustrates how to start, develop, and maintain a health care programme in poor areas across the world. The focus is on the community, and how people can work together to improve health through sanitation, storage of food, fresh water, and more. Currently, there is a lack of 17 million trained health care workers worldwide. Bridging the gap between medical professionals and people in low income areas, the aim of this book is for a member of the community to receive training and become the health care worker in their village. They will then in turn spread information and set up groups working to improve health. The book also explains in detail how communities can work alongside experts to ensure that practices and processes work effectively to bring the greatest impact. Copiously illustrated and written in easy-to-read English, this practical guide is designed to be extremely user friendly. Ideal for academics, students, programme managers, and health care practitioners in low and middle income settings worldwide, it is an evidence based source full of examples from the field. Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings shows how a community can both identify and solve its own problems, and in that way own its future. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence.

... A book of information and ideas for all who are concerned about the well-being of disabled children. It is especially for those who live in rural areas where resources are limited ... Written by [the author] with the help of disabled persons and pioneers in rehabilitation in many countries, this book ... gives a wealth of clear, simple, but detailed information concerning most common disabilities of children: many different physical disabilities, blindness, deafness, fits, behavior problems, and developmental delay. It gives suggestions for simplified rehabilitation, low-cost aids, and ways to help disabled children find a role and be accepted in the community. Above all, the book helps us to realize that most of the answers for meeting these children's needs can be found within the community, the family, and in the children themselves. It discusses ways of starting small community rehabilitation centers and workshops run by disabled persons or the families of disabled children.-Back cover.

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