joys. We meet Kubi Bibi who secretly secures a love potion for her shamed deserted daughter; Banessa, one of the destitute village woman, who entertains everyone with her loud, vulgar songs; the young bnde Hushnia, who goes into a swoon in an attempt to avoid her wedding day; and Abdul Hasain, the Q...
Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Cristina Eusebio, Wanjiku Mathenge et al.
BACKGROUND: The link between poverty and health is central to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Poverty can be both a cause and consequence of poor health, but there are few epidemiological studies exploring this complex relationship. The aim of this study was to examine the association betwe...
Priya K. Maloni, Elisabeth R. Despres, Joanna Habbous, Andrea R. Primmer et al.
BACKGROUND: Eighty-five percent of children with disabilities (CWD) live in developing countries, and <5% receive rehabilitation services. PURPOSE: To describe perceptions of disability among mothers of CWD in Bangladesh, and to explore how these perceptions influence the care sought for their CWD. ...
Paul Bywaters, Zoebia Ali, Qulsom Fazil, Louise Wallace et al.
It has sometimes been assumed that religiously based explanations for and attitudes to having a disabled child have led to the low uptake of health and social services by ethnic minority families in the UK. A series of semi-structured interviews were held between 1999 and 2001 with 19 Pakistani and ...
Johan Borg, Per‐Olof Östergren
PURPOSE: The purpose of this work was to contribute to a better understanding of challenges and solutions to equitable provision of assistive technologies in resource limited environments by (i) describing sources of awareness, types of providers and costs of assistive technologies; (ii) describing ...
Islay Mactaggart, Wolf‐Peter Schmidt, Kristof Bostoen, Joseph J. Chunga et al.
OBJECTIVES: To assess access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) among people with disabilities at the household and individual level. DESIGN: Cross-sectional surveys. SETTING: Data were included from five district-level or regional-level surveys: two in Bangladesh (Bangladesh-1, Bangla...
GM Monawar Hosain, David Atkinson, Peter Underwood
This study examined the impact of disability on the quality of life of disabled people in rural Bangladesh. A primary healthcare specialist conducted a door-to-door survey in two villages in Bangladesh to collect socioeconomic and demographic information on the villagers and for identification of di...
Jiban Karki, Simon Rushton, Sunita Bhattarai, Luc de Witte
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to analyse and critically reflect on access to Assistive Technology (AT) for persons with disabilities (PWD) in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. This analysis aims to guide the development of a contextualised generic AT service delivery model suitable for these coun...
Johan Borg, Stig Larsson, Per‐Olof Östergren, ASM Atiqur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the relation between user involvement in the provision of assistive technology and outcomes of assistive technology use is a prerequisite for the development of efficient service delivery strategies. However, current knowledge is limited, particularly from low-income coun...
Md. Ismail Tareque, Sharifa Begum, Yasuhiko Saito
OBJECTIVE: To investigate inequality in disability in Bangladesh. METHODS: The study used both household level and individual level data from a large nationally representative data set, Bangladesh's Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2010. Principal component analysis was used to construct a we...
Michael Yisfashewa Wondemu, Pål Joranger, Åsmund Hermansen, Idunn Brekke
BACKGROUND: Caring for children with disabilities has both immediate and long-term economic costs that affect the well-being of children, parents, and society. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of child disability on parental employment and labour income by examining difference...
Rannveig Svendby
This qualitative study is positioned in critical disability studies and explores lecturers’ teaching experiences with invisibly disabled students. Five lecturers in the Norwegian higher education sector were interviewed. The study uses a transactional perspective and a relational approach to disabil...
Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Israt Jahan, Manik Chandra Das, Mohammad Muhit et al.
PURPOSE: Rehabilitation needs are rising globally; however, the rate is strikingly higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Like many LMICs, the situation of rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Bangladesh is mostly unknown. We assessed the current situation of ...
Dermot Foley, Jahan Chowdhury
Abstract People labelled with disabilities in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, are denied equitable access to social networks and formal services. In terms both of funding future formal service programmes and of designing community‐based outreach programmes, this lack of access is not a simple reflection of o...
Ozcan Konur
This paper outlines the rights and duties of nursing programs regarding access to nursing education for disabled students and the subsequent provision of services for them in the UK. Discussed briefly are the implications of these duties for nursing programs when disabled students are treated less f...