HLTH 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Community Mobilization, Team Building, Public Knowledge
14 Jun 2016
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Socially constructed, defined in relation to beliefs about ability/ norm. literally means away from ability. Convey attitudes, provide conceptualization, and influence interactions/ policies/ services/ promotion: medical model, social model, international class of functioning, disability and health model )icf) Oldest of the dominant views of disability. Lack of opportunity and discriminating behaviours restrict participation (limits the individual: socially-imposed barriers, policies and guidelines. Disregards individual factors (ie. impairments: disability= social barriers. Ie something is wrong with the building to why a person in a wheel chair cant enter. International classification of functioning, disability, and health (icf) model. Shift in focus from the cause, to the impact of disability. Health status function/ disability context (surroundings) Categorizations of disability- people anywhere along a health continuum. Physical disabilities: spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Sensory disabilities: deaf/ hard of hearing, blind/visual impairments. Learning disabilities: attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, developmental coordination disorder, dyslexia. Developmental disabilities: autism-spectrum disorders, down syndrome, fatal alcohol syndrome.
