PMID- 9408674
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980129
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0269-2155 (Print)
IS  - 0269-2155 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 1997 Nov
TI  - A study of the attitudes of a rural Indian community toward people with physical 
      disabilities.
PG  - 329-34
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the attitudes of a rural community in southern India toward 
      its disabled members. DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional study. METHOD: One 
      hundred and twenty randomly selected villagers around the town of Vellore in 
      southern India were invited to take part in the study. The attitudes towards 
      individuals with physical disabilities were examined using a modified version of 
      the Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons (SADP). The questionnaire was 
      administered in its original English format with simultaneous translation into 
      Tamil. RESULTS: Data were complete in 111 cases, 82% of whom showed a positive 
      attitude toward people with disability. Gender and employment status did not 
      appear to have an influence on whether the respondent regarded disabled people in 
      a positive or negative way but most older individuals expressed prejudice and/or 
      challenged the rights of disabled people to equal opportunities in education, 
      employment and social integration. Further data analysis demonstrated that more 
      subjects with than without a disabled family member supported the rights of 
      disabled individuals to education, employment and social integration. By 
      contrast, the items of SADP which described the personal attributes of disabled 
      people did not discriminate between the two groups. CONCLUSION: The attitudes of 
      the rural community studied toward people with disabilities were unrelated to the 
      sex or educational status of the respondents but was influenced by their age. 
      This suggests that older subjects in rural communities in developing countries 
      should be the main target for educational programmes which promote positive 
      images of disability.
FAU - Bakheit, A M
AU  - Bakheit AM
AD  - University Rehabilitation Research Unit, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
FAU - Shanmugalingam, V
AU  - Shanmugalingam V
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Clin Rehabil
JT  - Clinical rehabilitation
JID - 8802181
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Attitude to Health/*ethnology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Disabled Persons
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Random Allocation
MH  - Rural Health/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 1997/12/31 00:00
MHDA- 1997/12/31 00:01
CRDT- 1997/12/31 00:00
PHST- 1997/12/31 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/12/31 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/12/31 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/026921559701100410 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Clin Rehabil. 1997 Nov;11(4):329-34. doi: 10.1177/026921559701100410.