Impact of Community-Based Rehabilitation Programmes: The Case of Palestine

Activity/impact variableProgress (number of steps)Total number of individuals0 (%)1 (%)2 (%)3 (%)Play like other kids62.623.713.8457Sitting51.924.723.4292Standing42.131.326.6287Walking ten steps41.417.610.031.0301Move inside house41.926.231.9315Move in the village34.235.630.2349Feeds him/herself52.429.518.1407Understands easy instructions30.245.424.4279Expresses his/her needs30.048.022.0305Understands movements and communication signs43.736.320.0146Uses movements and communication signs45.634.919.5179Read lips38.331.030.786Talks34.250.415 5299Stays clean34.847.218.0401Uses bathroom46.034.020.0423Puts on and off clothes33.850.116.1403Goes to school49.813.06.131.1212Join in family activities52.131.416.5553Join in community activities27.047.625.4531Does she/he have an income43.028.39.918.899Variation in n is because not all questions are relevant for all users.

Table 2.

Assessed impact (n=580)

Level of impact% of nNo impact0.0Little impact2.5Some impact19.2Much impact47.1Major impact31.2Total100.0

Table 3.

Progress without community-based rehabilitation (CBR) (n=580)

Progress% of nDifficult to say0.4No progress39.0Little progress25.2Some progress, but not as much as with CBR35.4Same progress even without CBR0.0Total100.0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410500466750 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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