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Social determinants of disability-based disadvantage in Solomon islands.
Gartrell, Alexandra; Jennaway, Megan; Manderson, Lenore; Fangalasuu, Judy; Dolaiano, Simon.
Afiliação
  • Gartrell A; School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Monash University, PO Box 11A, Clayton 3800, Melbourne 3800, Victoria, Australia.
  • Jennaway M; School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Monash University, PO Box 11A, Clayton 3800, Melbourne 3800, Victoria, Australia.
  • Manderson L; Social Science and Health Research Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Fangalasuu J; People with Disabilities Solomon Islands, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
  • Dolaiano S; People with Disabilities Solomon Islands, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Health Promot Int ; 33(2): 250-260, 2018 Apr 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27561905
ABSTRACT
Development discourse widely recognises that disability is the result of economic and social processes and structures that fail to accommodate persons with disabilities. Empirical work on the relationship between disability and poverty however, conceptualize poverty through an economic resource lens in high-income countries. To address this conceptual gap this article uses a social determinants of health perspective to examine how socio-cultural, economic and political contexts shape disability-based disadvantage. This article draws upon ethnographic research and supplementary data collected using rapid assessment techniques in Solomon Islands. Findings suggest that the disability-poverty nexus and inequalities in health, wellbeing and quality of life must be understood within broader patterns of social vulnerability that are institutionalised in landownership and patterns of descent, gendered power relations and disability specific stigmas that preclude social and productive engagement . This article demonstrates how a social determinant of health perspective that closely examines lived experiences of disability provides critical analytical insights into the structural mechanisms that constitute disability-based disadvantage. This article provides foundation knowledge on which policies and further research to promote disability-inclusion and equity can be based.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pessoas com Deficiência / Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde / Determinantes Sociais da Saúde Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Health Promot Int Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Austrália

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pessoas com Deficiência / Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde / Determinantes Sociais da Saúde Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Health Promot Int Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Austrália