Working together to address disability in a culturally-appropriate and sustainable manner

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1373-1375

  Hoy, Damian G ^a   Rickart, Keith T ^b   Durham, Joanne ^c   Puntumetakul, Rungthip ^d   Mansoor, Ghulam F ^e   Muijlwijk, Anne ^a   Bounnaphol, Somphao ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^f Vientiane Capital ^*  (Laos)

Author keywords

Culture; Developing countries; Disability; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT;

CULTURE; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 77953567202     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903524803     Document Type: Article

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