scholarly journals Promoting Participation of Stakeholders in Community-Based Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka: Process of Action Research in Anuradhapura

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masateru Higashida ◽  
M.R. Shantha Kumara ◽  
Menikralage Gamini Illangasingha
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation

CAPACITY BUILDING PENGURUS REHABILITASI BERBASIS MASYARAKAT DALAM PELAYANAN TERHADAP PENYANDANG DISABILITAS DI KELURAHAN BABAKAN CIPARAY KECAMATAN BABAKAN CIPARAY KOTA BANDUNG

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arif Setiadi
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation ◽  
Building Community

Capacity Building adalah proses peningkatan kemampuan pengurus Rehabilitasi Berbasis Masyarakat (RBM) dalam memberikan pelayanan kepada penyandang disabilitas, sehingga penyandang disabilitas dapat mengakses pelayanan yang dibutuhkan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji tentang Capacity Building Pengurus Rehabilitasi Berbasis Masyarakat dalam Pelayanan terhadap Penyandang Disabilitas di Kelurahan Babakan Ciparay Kecamatan Babakan Ciparay Kota Bandung. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan design action research. Sumber yang digunakan adalah sumber data primer dan sumber data sekunder. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara mendalam, observasi partisipatif, studi dokumentasi, dan Penilaian Kapasitas. Teknik pemeriksaan data yang digunakan yaitu uji kepercayaan, uji keteralihan, uji ketergantungan dan uji kepastian. Selanjutnya hasil penelitian ini di analisis menggunakan teknik analisis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa capacity building terhadap pengurus RBM Kelurahan Babakan Ciparay membawa perubahan dalam memberikan pelayanan kepada penyandang disabilitas. Capacity Building pengurus RBM tersebut berdampak pada pelayanan terhadap penyandang disabilitas menjadi lebih komprehensif dan berbasis metode serta teknik pekerjaan sosial.  Keywords: Capacity Building, Community-Based Rehabilitation, Persons With Disabilities

scholarly journals The Impact of Community-Based Rehabilitation in a Post-Conflict Environment of Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-111
Author(s):  
Masateru Higashida ◽  
Joseph Soosai ◽  
Jacob Robert
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Family Members ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Conflict and disability are closely associated; it is therefore significant to examine strategies at the grassroots-level for restoring the human rights of people with disabilities living in post-conflict societies. The aim of this study is to reveal the impact of and issues with community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka that was ravaged by civil war from 1983 to 2009.Methods: The research was implemented in October 2016, in collaboration with a local NGO in the Mullaitivu district. A mixed-methods approach was followed, which included quantitative analysis of the NGO’s registration database of people with disabilities in the area (n=964), group interviews with 9 community rehabilitation committees (CRCs) of people with disabilities and their family members (n=118), and semi-structured interviews with clients of the CBR programme (n=5). Thematic analysis was applied to the narrative data.Results: The quantitative analysis on clients of the NGO revealed that 60.9% of disabilities were related to war. Livelihood assistance was the most common type of self-reported need (44.6%). The qualitative analysis revealed that in communities with inadequate local resources, CRCs that had access to livelihood assistance made a positive impact on the socioeconomic conditions of people with disabilities and their family members. Potential issues were observed, such as the expectation of and dependence on the financial aid without self-help. Some people with disabilities would not attend CRCs if there were no financial benefits. As most of the participants had war-related disabilities, it is also possible that participation of people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities unrelated to war may not have been promoted in some CRCs.Conclusions: The CBR programme has had positive impacts on the living conditions of participants, albeit with some potential issues such as financial expectations and aid dependency. The authors argue that empowerment of people with disabilities and addressing socioeconomic inequality should be considered simultaneously.

scholarly journals People with physical disabilities in Sri Lanka are in need for the service of community physiotherapists

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 3799
Author(s):  
Vindya Vimani Senadheera ◽  
Kavinda Tharani Malwanage ◽  
Sithravelayuthan Mayooran ◽  
Abdul Majeed Mohomad Rikas ◽  
Agampodi Liyanage Indrajith Prasanna
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Health Care Practitioner ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities

Background: Physiotherapists have long been recognized as important providers of services for people with disability. In Sri Lanka the concept of community physiotherapy has not emerged yet. The present study aimed to identify the need for ‘community physiotherapy service’ in Kandy district, Sri Lanka. Methods: A community service projection community based rehabilitation, of three years was conducted by the department of physiotherapy, faculty of allied health sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2017-2019 in collaboration with department of social service and social welfare of Kandy district secretariat, Sri Lanka.Results: One hundred and seventy participants with physical disabilities were included in the study 94 (55.29%) were males (mean age; 33.57 (SD ±23.17) and 76 (44.71%) were females (mean age; 33.14 (SD ±24.98). The pediatric population was 41.76% (N=71) followed by 38.82% of adults (N=66) and 19.41% of elderly patients (N=33) of the total population. The highest number of PWD had pediatric conditions (39.41%), followed by musculoskeletal (31.76%), neurological (15.88%), geriatric (8.82%) and cardio-respiratory (4.12%) conditions. The majority (55.88%) of all the people with disabilities who visited the clinics were in need for further physiotherapy consultation and follow up.Conclusions: In Kandy district of Sri Lanka alone, number of people with physical disabilities who are in need of continuous physiotherapy follow ups is high compared to services already available. Conducting a successful community-based rehabilitation program in Sri Lanka as a whole, require having a specialized health care practitioner to the primary health care team; ‘a community physiotherapist’.

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