Community participation of working-age people with disabilities at Xuan Ha ward Da Nang city

Abstract

According to WHO, community integration is one of basic contents of important health program in the 21st century. It is a determinant for the quality of life of people, especially for people with disabilities (PWDs). Community participation is one of the criteria of community integration that Viet Nam is interested in. Currently, only a limited number of researches on community participation can be found. The purpose of our cross-sectional study with 288 working-age PWDs at Xuan Ha ward, Thanh Khe district, Da Nang city is to find out their community participation's level and some relative factors. The results show that 20.5% of PWDs were good at participation. Sex, education, marital status, and hard level of disability are factors related to community participation. The study suggests that health and social activities limiting the participation of PWDs need to be explored in order to identify solutions to assist better integration of PWDs.