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Community rehabilitation workers as catalysts for disability: inclusive youth development through service learning

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  • Theresa Lorenzo
  • Jane Motau
  • Tania van der Merwe
  • Elize Janse van Rensburg
  • Jane Murray Cramm

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This paper explores access to health and education for disabled youth in sites with and without community rehabilitation workers (CRWs). A cross-sectional survey using a structured questionnaire was undertaken in nine sites in South Africa, and a snowball sample of 523 disabled youths of both sexes, aged between 18 and 35 years, was selected. The survey found that a significantly larger proportion of disabled youth living in sites with CRWs were seen by health care workers at home, and that there was a large difference in educational access between sites with and without CRWs. CRWs are well positioned to promote equal citizenship for disabled youth through service learning with occupational therapy final year students to improve access to health and education, so that barriers to their participation in economic development are removed.

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  • Theresa Lorenzo & Jane Motau & Tania van der Merwe & Elize Janse van Rensburg & Jane Murray Cramm, 2015. "Community rehabilitation workers as catalysts for disability: inclusive youth development through service learning," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 19-28, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:25:y:2015:i:1:p:19-28
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.983461
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