Disabled people,inclusion and policy: better outcomes through a public health approach? |
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Authors: | William Sherlaw Bernard Lucas Alain Jourdain Nigel Monaghan |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Human and Social Sciences and Health Behaviour, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, Rennes, France.;2. University of South Wales, Temple of Peace and Health, Cardiff, UK. |
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Abstract: | The social model of disability has implications for evaluation of disability policy. Public health analyses suggest that a population and environmental approach to enablement is more likely to impact positively on disabled people than person-centred action. The capacity of people living with disabilities to participate in a range of social activities and the attitudes of others to such participation are, along with environments, important factors contributing to disability situations and therefore the restriction of our promotion of personhood. These are areas where metrics could be used to evaluate the impact of disability policy. |
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Keywords: | disability policy public health inclusion evaluation |
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