Overview

The overview provides information on the objectives, the target audience, the module content, learning outcomes and the module map.

Module Objectives

  • To highlight the barriers to health services for persons with disabilities and to consider actions for removing them.

Who is this module for?

This module is relevant to everyone who has an interest or duty to protect and promote the human rights of persons with disabilities, including persons with disabilities themselves and their representative organizations. The module is especially relevant for decision-makers in the context of health, health professionals, health care providers, governments, academia, and NGOs working on enhancing the access of persons with disabilities to health services.

What is this module about?

The content of this module:

  • explains the linkages between health and disability generally;
  • reviews provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) pertaining to health services;
  • reviews specific areas of concern in relation to access to health services;
  • sets out measures for overcoming barriers to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in health services;
  • includes learning exercises to accompany the material;
  • lists key resources for additional reference.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this module, participants will have:

  • reviewed the main provisions of CRPD pertaining to health services;
  • identified specific areas of concern in relation to access to health services;
  • devised a number of strategies for overcoming barriers to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in health services.

Module Map

A module map with 5 steps. It starts with step 1 overview, then step 2 technical content that has 4 stages. It continues with stage 2A background, then stage 2B legal framework, then stage 2C access to health for persons with disabilities. areas of concern, then stage 2D measures to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities to health services. The map continues with step 3 summary and key learning points, then step 4 useful resources and it ends with step 5 learning activities.