Community and Primary Health Physiotherapy

Community based rehabilitation (CBR) as a strategy for community development, disability as  human rights issue, development, principles, and structure of CBR in Nigeria and Africa as compared to other regions of the world. Different models of CBR and the roles of the professionals in CBR. Basic issues in prevocational rehabilitation, roles of physiotherapy, job demand analysis, functional capacity evaluation, return to work, and job adaptation. Design, development, implementation and evaluation of community based rehabilitation (CBR) programs for and with persons with disabilities. Basic CBR concepts andframeworks, education, training strategies and their application to CBR practice, research and education. Philosophy of Community based Rehabilitation (CBR). Philosophy of Primary Health Care (PHC). Primary Health Care physiotherapy services in Nigeria.

Course Code
PST 504
Department
Physiotheraphy
Campus
Sumas University
Level
500 Level, Undergraduate
Instructor
Sumas University Lecturer
Semester
Second Semester
Credit
3 Units
Method
Lecture