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Title Core concepts of human rights and inclusion of vulnerable groups in the disability and rehabilit policies of Malawi, Namibia, Sudan and South Africa
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11070/3136
Date 2012
Author(s) Van Rooy, Gert
Abstract In recent decades, there has been a push to incorporate the World Health Organization 'Health for All' principles in national, regional, and local health policy documents. However, there is still no methodology guiding the appraisal of such policies with regard to the extent that they address social inclusion. In this article, the authors report on the development of EquiFrame, a novel policy analysis framework that was used to evaluate the disability and rehabilitation policies of Malawi, Namibia, Sudan, and South Africa. The policies were assessed in terms of their commitment to 21 predefined core concepts of human rights and inclusion of 12 vulnerable groups. Substantial variability was identified in the degree to which the core concepts and vulnerable groups were featured in these policy documents. The overall summary rankings for the disability policies of the countries studied were as follows: Namibia'High, Malawi'Low, and Sudan'Low. The rehabilitation policy of South Africa was ranked as Low. The results support the idea that adequate disability and rehabilitation policies remain mostly undefined. EquiFrame may offer a useful methodology for evaluating and comparing human rights and social inclusion across policy documents.
Subject(s) Human rights; Vulnerable groups; Health policy analysis; Equity
Language en_US
Publisher Journal of Disability Policy Studies
Type of publication Article
Repository Windhoek - University of Namibia
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