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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.
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 250-260 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Health Promotion International |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- social determinants of health
- disability rights
- inequalities
- ethnographic study
- well being
Projects
- 1 Finished
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The social and cultural context of disability in the Solomon Islands: Identifying culturally appropriate solutions to disadvantage
Gartrell, A. & Manderson, L.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Australian Aid (Australia)
4/01/10 → 31/12/11
Project: Research