Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is first started in 1970s with the aim of providing low tech rehabilitation services for people with disability in low income countries and then in 1980s it started focusing on people and community development.[1]In 1989, World Health Organization (WHO) published the manual Training in the community for the people with disabilities with the aim of providing guidance and support for CBR programmes and stakeholders.[2]
CBR is defined in 2004 by the international Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and World Health Organization (WHO) as “a strategy within general community development for the rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities, poverty reduction and social inclusion of all people with disabilities. CBR is implemented through the combined efforts of people with disabilities themselves, their families, organizations and communities, and the relevant governmental and non-governmental health, education, vocational, social and other services.”[3]
- ↑ Bonner A, Pryor J, Crockett J, Pope R, Beecham R. A sustainable approach to community-based rehabilitation in rural and remote Australia. InProceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Conference 2009 (pp. 1-10). National Rural Health Alliance.
- ↑ World Health Organization. Introductory Booklet. Community Based Rehabilitation CBR Guidelines.Switzerland:WHO press;2010.
- ↑ International Disability and Development Consortium. Community Based Rehabilitation and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
