Facilitators and Barriers to the Rehabilitation Workforce Capacity Building in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

An increase in population and chronic conditions leading to disability require increasing emphasis on rehabilitation and health intervention. Poorer countries do not usually have the rehabilitation workforce needed to promote societal inclusion and participation. The roles of the rehabilitation workforce were often not clearly defined, leading to task shifting among rehabilitation professionals. Barriers to capacity building were poor availability of human resources and insufficient training program/supports for their professional development. Facilitators were local government support and international non-governmental organizations collaboration. Recommendations for capacity building effort are for collaboration with the developed nations to encourage funding, training, education, and sharing of resources.

Source: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America - August 23, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Amaramalar Selvi Naicker, Ohnmar Htwe, Abena Yeboaa Tannor, Wouter De Groote, Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman, Manimalar Selvi Naicker Source Type: research