The community reality awareness and attitude towards the handicapped people in Cat Dai and Lach Tray urban communes in Hai Phong, 2003
- Author:
Pham Van Han
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Handicapped people;
Community;
Awareness;
Attitude;
Hai Phong;
- MeSH:
Disabled Persons;
Awareness
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(4):36-41
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In 2003, medical examinations of all 19,884 people living in to the Cat Dai and Lach Tray communes in Hai Phong detected 198 handicapped people (1.0% of the general population). There were 45% of males and 55% of females. The handicapped rates were 0.8% in children and 1.2% in adults. The rate of handicapped people difficult in moving was highest (33.3%), then people with strange behaviors (23.2%), and people having difficulty in studying (15.7%). The rates of people had difficulty in hearing and speaking, seeing, and others were small. Up to 91% of handicapped people needed rehabilitation but 100% of the handicapped people were not provided with rehabilitation through interviews, over 50% of people in the community did not identify the handicapped, and were not ready to accept them as equal members.
