Definition of CBR
Community-based rehabilitation is a strategy within community development for the rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities and social integration of all people with disabilities.
CBR is implemented through the combined efforts of disabled people themselves, their families and communities, and the appropriate health, education, vocational and social services.
Concept of CBR
CBR is accepted as a comprehensive approach which encompasses disability prevention and rehabilitation in primary health care activities, integration of disabled children in ordinary school and provision of opportunities for gainful economic activities for disabled adults.
CBR promotes the right of people with disabilities to live within their communities; to enjoy health and well-being; and to participate in educational, social, cultural, religious, economic and political activities.
The objective of CBR
The objective of CBR is to ensure that people with disabilities are able to maximise their physical and mental abilities, have access to regular services and opportunities and achieve full social integration within their communities and their societies.
Methods for implementing CBR
CBR is recommended to be a programme that belongs to the community, as represented by the local government or authority. It should be considered an element of social, educational and health policy at all levels of the public sector.
In national policy, CBR is part of a country’s action in favour of all ages who have any type of disability. In provincial or district level policy, it is supported with referral services and by transfer of knowledge to communities.
At community level, the policy of integration is implemented under the control of the community, which “owns” the CBR programme and which gives a major role to people with disabilities and their families.
Methods of developing CBR:
a. The formulation and implementation of policies to support CBR;
b. The encouragement and support of communities to assume responsibility for the rehabilitation of their members who have disabilities;
c. The strengthening of rehabilitation referral services for health, education and labour at district, provincial and national levels and
d. The establishment of a system for programme management and evaluation.
The participation of disabled people in all of these activities is essential.
Formulation of a National Policy
The formulation of a national policy to support CBR may come from an external stimulus, such as the recommendations of the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons, prepared during the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons.
It may also come from pressures within the country, which can be initiated by organizations of people with disabilities, by representatives of the sectors concerned with rehabilitation, or by a combination of the two.
When a CBR policy is established at national level, it should be reflected in policy and programme priorities within all sectors and at all other levels.
Community action for CBR
a. This is often initiated by a stimulus from outside the community, most likely from the Ministry, committee or organization responsible for the programme.
b. Following initial discussions with the representatives from outside the community, it is the community that decides whether CBR will become part of its ongoing community development activities.
c. Various partners in the community, such as the community development committee, organizations of disabled people and other NGOs should be empowered to take responsibility for the programme.
Once the community initiates a CBR programme, the CBR programme management should provide the necessary support and referral services, sufficient awareness, preparation and mobilization. It is important to underline and highlight the necessity of thorough preparation at all levels.
CBR may provide the means for all disabled people in a community to be socially integrated, or it may be more limited in its achievements depending on the commitment of the community, its resources and the support services that it receives from both government and NGOs.
Sustainability of CBR
The 3 factors required for the CBR programmes to be sustainable are:
1. The articulation of a need;
2. a response from within the community indicating readiness to meet the need and
3. the availability of support from outside the community .
Extracted from 1994 Joint Position Paper by ILO; UNESCO and WHO
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