Search Results - "disability"

Purpose of the research. Employment of disabled people can be considered as a kind of reserve of the labor potential of the population in the conditions of aging and reduction of the population of working age. The purpose of the article is to consider the regional differentiation of employment of di...

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The article presents the data of study of repeated disability of adult population of Irkutsk region after dorsopa-thies in 2005-2011, the intensive index was calculated for 10000 population. From 2375 (in 2006) to 1606 (in 2011) people were repeatedly considered to be disabled in consequence of dors...

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The article analyzes the coronary artery disease (CAD) related disability in Russian Federation in 2006– 2014. The article shows trends, degrees and structure of general CAD-related disability by age and gender. In 2006– 2014, CAD-related disability was high but demonstrated a downward trend. The pe...

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Purpose: to study the state and dynamics of changes in primary ocular disability in the period 2016–2018 by nosological forms. A complete retrospective study was made based on the data of the MSE (medical and social expertise) Bureau’s reporting documents. The following indicators of primary disabil...

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Background There is a need for better collaborative care between services to improve healthcare provision for people with intellectual disabilities. In the UK, the learning disability psychiatry multidisciplinary team (MDT) is a specialist team responsible for providing and coordinating care for p...

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Elderly people as an important part of society may sometimes be neglected, while age related issues become more and more important as their population grows. Social exclusion of the elderly is likely to increase with disease and disability. Problems and costs resulting from the neglect of the elderl...

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IntroductionWomen's participation in the Paralympic Games has increased over recent decades, yet significant challenges persist. This study examines the trajectory of female athletes in the Summer Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2024, focusing on numerical growth and regional distribution.Methods...

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Relevance. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, affecting mainly people of working age and leading to disability. Since this disease is a frequent cause of persistent disability, the importance and at the same time insuf...

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Autonomy is a primary guiding healthcare ethics principle in Western liberal societies. Generally speaking, the principle means that we ought to respect individuals’ decisions in relation to themselves, even when such decisions are risky from some perspectives. The principle of autonomy may be of p...

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Background. Analysis of the regional specifics of primary childhood disability for the targeted development of preventive measures.Materials and methods. A systematic analysis of primary childhood disability and its structure in the Astrakhan region for 2018-2022 was carried out. The study was condu...

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Jan Doolittle Wilson doesn’t invite as much as she compels the readers to do the uncomfortable, complicated, and necessary work of reimagining disability. Writing not only as a scholar of disability studies, but also as a disabled person, the granddaughter of a disabled woman, and the mother of a d...

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ObjectiveA longer life expectancy can lead to a longer working life and is therefore important for the individual and the healthcare system. Therefore, a study group established a Risk-Index Disability-Pension (RI-DP), which assesses the risk of work disability. However, a standardized and well-foun...

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Objective: to investigate the nosological pattern of primary disability due to osteoarthritis (OA) in the Irkutsk Region in 2012–2016, its severity, age- and gender-related features.Material and methods. A continuous method was used to analyze the database on the newly recognized as disabled due to...

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PurposeMetabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with functional disability; however, the associations between combinations of MetS components and functional disabilities remain largely unexplored.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted among adults aged ≥60 years in Donglan County. Basic acti...

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The article presents the problems of the involvement of persons with disability into applied physical activity, indicators of physical activeness, life satisfaction and attitude towards one’s disability. In the research the indicators of life quality of persons with physical disability who are invo...

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The phenomenon of disability, traditionally associated primarily with medicine, psychology and special education, which has resulted with medicalization of education of people with disabilities is now becoming the subject of interest of various disciplines. The emergence of social model of disabilit...

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Background: Developmental disabilities (DDs) involve impairments affecting children’s abilities, impacting development and necessitating specialised care. Many caregivers face challenges caring for these children, lacking access to supportive healthcare interventions. Addressing this issue aligns wi...

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For disability to be investigated quantitatively, it needs first to be defined and measured. While disability is now recognised as a complex social phenomenon, even in contemporary research, measures still often reflect the outdated medical model. For disabled children, the medical model is a partic...

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This paper deals with the historical approach to the study of disability, and attempts of its use in explaining the modern trends that determine the position of people with disability in society. Historical approach, through monitoring the chronological position of persons with disability, from anci...

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Although Ukraine and the United States developed their education systems under different contexts and histories, both struggled with providing access to public school education for students with disabilities. This article describes the different paths each country took leading to the development of...

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