Abstract need to be edited–Integrated approach to rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities in northern province of Sri Lanka

Abstract

It is identified that in Sri Lanka 87 physical disable patients living per capita of 1000. According to 2015 survey report, 20000 physically disabled persons needed rehabilitation care service in Northern Province. There is only one public sector rehabilitation centre in Vavuniya district serving for entire Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Private sector for rehabilitation service is not yet developed because most of the patients with physical disabilities are living in very low socioeconomic status. The aim of this study on giving policy recommendation on integrating sectors on developing fair rehabilitation services for Northern Province and it will elicit the directions to find untapped resources into rehabilitation service development in Northern Province. This is a qualitative study, having convenient judgmental sampling techniques to include the stakeholders from public, private, non-profit sectors and patients with disability. All the interviews are based on open-end questions and interviews are conducted by main researcher. From this study 5 main thematic areas are identified as results. Those are; need on integration of sectors, need to have policy on handling integration, developing human resources into rehabilitation care, sustain rehabilitation care facilities by developing public sector within a time frame, gathering financial resources and advanced technologies into rehabilitation care services Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Integrated private(profit/non-profit) and public system is much more helpful for developing rehab litation health care for war affected developing countries perspective. ventures for integration of sectors in rehabilitation services identified as infrastructure maintenance, infrastructure development investments, material supply and fleet management. It is recommended to integrate non-profit organizations than private profit services into war affected public rehabilitation care services.