Training CBR Personnel in South Africa to contribute to the Empowerment
                        of Persons with Disabilities

Rule, Sarah

doi:10.5463/dcid.v24i2.180

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“…In light of the understanding that community and collective empowerment are notoriously difficult to operationalise, implement and measure (Laverack & Wallerstein, 2001), these findings provide a useful contribution. As has recently been highlighted in a study in this journal, empowerment in the context of CBR is much broader than individualised Western notions (Rule, 2013). The present research suggests a more collective conceptualisation and adds a number of constructs which appear to characterise the understanding of empowerment in disability and development settings.…”

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confidence: 52%

“…The notion of empowerment is foundational to community-based rehabilitation (CBR) and disability-inclusive development (DID). Empowerment was important in early CBR documents (Helander, 1999), it is a fundamental component of the CBR Matrix (WHO, 2010) and CBR Guidelines (WHO, UNESCO, ILO, & IDDC, 2010), and remains a core concern (Rule, 2013). Although empowerment is not specifically noted and defined within the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the concept is inherent throughout the Convention and optional protocol.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case. The dearth of research and writing in this area led one researcher to conclude that there is a pressing need for greater understanding of empowerment in CBR practice and ideology (Rule, 2013). Indeed the CBR Guideline on empowerment specifically noted the difficulty of defining empowerment across different countries, languages and cultures (WHO, UNESCO, ILO, & IDDC, 2010).…”

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Empowerment in Community-based Rehabilitation and Disability-inclusive Development

Kuipers

2014

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Purpose: This paper seeks to contribute to discussion on the understanding and measurement of empowerment of people with disabilities in developing countries. A novel, text analysis approach was used to depict the way in which empowerment is characterised in conventional measures in Western settings. This was then compared with depictions and analyses of the way in which empowerment is characterised in documents that have more relevance to developing countries. Method: First, computer-based content and concept analysis was applied to three key empowerment measures. This was compared with analysis of responses to a recent online survey of empowerment conducted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA). Visual representations in the form of "word clouds" were generated to depict key concepts within each data source. Second, to provide specific detail regarding how empowerment has been described in documents which relate to developing countries, more detailed computer-assisted lexical analysis was performed on the text of responses to the UN-DESA survey, and on the text of the Empowerment component of the CBR Guidelines. Results: Initial "word clouds" illustrated considerable discrepancy between concepts inherent in the three most relevant empowerment measures when compared with responses to the UN-DESA survey relating to empowerment in a development context. Subsequent lexical analysis depicted greater specificity and ranked the concepts associated with empowerment in key disability and development-related documents.

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Empowerment in Community-based Rehabilitation and Disability-inclusive Development

Kuipers

2014

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“…5,6,22,27 Stakeholders have different degrees of influence, control of resources, power, autonomy, and dependence.…”

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“…Rule 22 reported how improved relationships resulted when mid-level CBR professionals were given training in how they approached their work with PWD. CBR professionals noted that framing their role as working with PWD, rather than as working for PWD, was a crucial step in beginning to address previously ignored issues of social justice and empowerment.…”

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Ethics and Community-Based Rehabilitation: Eight Ethical Questions from a Review of the Literature

Clarke

Barudin²,

Hunt³

2016

Physiotherapy Canada

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Purpose: This article reviews the literature regarding ethics and community-based rehabilitation (CBR) with the goal of identifying and analyzing ethical considerations associated with this approach. Method: We conducted a critical interpretive review of the academic literature related to CBR in low- and middle-income countries and to indigenous communities in high-income countries. Using an inductive analysis of the collected articles, we identified five key topic areas related to ethical considerations. We then critically appraised this literature and developed eight questions that reflect areas of ethical tension, uncertainty, or debate. Results: The five key topic areas are partnerships among stakeholders, respect for culture and local experience, empowerment, accountability, and fairness in programme design. The eight ethical questions are linked to these topics and associated with how CBR practices reflect commitments to equity, respect, inclusion, participation, and social justice. Conclusion: Continued engagement with ethical considerations associated with CBR can help to strengthen the foundations of this important and influential approach. It is crucial that all those involved in CBR projects, including physiotherapists, pay careful attention to the development of partnerships that, despite asymmetries among stakeholders, are respectful and effective.

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Community-Based Rehabilitation and Disability-Inclusive Development: On a Winding Path to an Uncertain Destination

Kuipers

Sabuni²

2016

Disability in the Global South

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Training CBR Personnel in South Africa to contribute to the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

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Cited by 21 publications

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Empowerment in Community-based Rehabilitation and Disability-inclusive Development

Empowerment in Community-based Rehabilitation and Disability-inclusive Development

Ethics and Community-Based Rehabilitation: Eight Ethical Questions from a Review of the Literature

Community-Based Rehabilitation and Disability-Inclusive Development: On a Winding Path to an Uncertain Destination

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