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Fighting disability

Course Description: This course addresses the concept of disability from a public health perspective, including its classifications, causes, and burdens on the individual, society, and health system. The course reviews primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies to reduce disability, focusing on the role of health, rehabilitation, and social sectors in minimizing functional impairment and enhancing quality of life. It also covers legislative frameworks and international and local policies related to the rights of persons with disabilities, and ways to integrate them into society through an integrated community-based rehabilitation approach.
Credit hours: 3
Objectives of the course :

1. Introduce the student to the concept of disability and its classifications according to the World Health Organization's frameworks.
2. Enable students to analyze the causes of disability and preventable risk factors at the individual and community levels.
3. Developing knowledge about the levels of preventive and rehabilitative intervention to reduce disability and its complications.
4. Introducing students to international and local policies relevant to the rights of persons with disabilities.
5. Developing the capacity to plan community health programs aimed at disability prevention and promoting inclusion.

Course outputs :

• Definition of disability and classification of its types according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
Identify the main causes of disability and associated risk factors in diverse health contexts.
• Applying the three levels of prevention in designing interventions aimed at reducing disability.
• Evaluating national and international health policies and programs related to disability control.
• Propose a public health plan to prevent a specific type of disability at the community level.

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  • Last updated: 2026-06-29

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