Enhancing the public sectors’ capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth in rural communities

dc.contributor.authorNed, Lieketsengen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLorenzo, Theresaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T14:04:05Z
dc.date.available2017-01-17T14:04:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionCITATION: Ned, L. & Lorenzo, T. 2016. Enhancing the public sectors’ capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth in rural communities. African Journal of Disability, 5(1):1-9, doi:10.4102/ajod.v5i1.189.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.ajod.org
dc.descriptionPublication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
dc.description.abstractENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: The capacity of service providers in the public sector to deliver inclusive services is essential to implement strategies that will allow the full participation of disabled youth in development opportunities in the rural context. Objective: The article sets to describe the capacity of service providers in facilitating participation of disabled youth in economic development opportunities. Method: An instrumental, embedded single case study informed the research design. The sample consisted of five disabled youth, four family members as well as six service providers. Data was gathered through in-depth individual interviews and focus group discussions. Data analysis was done inductively and thematically. In the discussion, the interpretation used organisational capacity elements as a framework. Findings: The theme on service providers indicates their understanding of disability as still a multifaceted and a challenging issue with different orientations to service delivery based on understanding of impairment and disability. There is a dominant focus on impairment and negative attitudes. Discussion: An asset building approach could facilitate awareness of capacities of disabled youth and thus shift negative attitudes to an enabling attitude. The vague strategies for youth and women that are described as inclusive are a misrepresentation of the reality of experiences of disabled youth. Conclusion: An appreciative process of facilitating a holistic understanding of the needs of disabled people is needed to assist service providers to reconceptualise disability within an expansive framework.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/189
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent9 pages
dc.identifier.citationNed, L. & Lorenzo, T. 2016. Enhancing the public sectors’ capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth in rural communities. African Journal of Disability, 5(1):1-9, doi:10.4102/ajod.v5i1.189.
dc.identifier.issn2226-7220 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2223-9170 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4102/ajod.v5i1.189
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100479
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Publishing
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectYouth with disabilities -- Employment -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectYouth with disabilities -- Economic conditions -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPublic health personnel -- Citizen participationen_ZA
dc.subjectDisability studies -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleEnhancing the public sectors’ capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth in rural communitiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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