“An Environment Built to Include Rather than Exclude Me”: Creating Inclusive Environments for Human Well-Being
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“An Environment Built to Include Rather than Exclude Me”: Creating Inclusive Environments for Human Well-Being
Contemporary discourses which challenge the notion of health as the "absence of disease" are prompting changes in health policy and practice. People with disability have been influential in progressing our understanding of the impact of contextual factors in individual and population health, highlighting the impact of environmental factors on functioning and inclusion. The World Health Organiza...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120911146