Reply To: Discussion Forum 1

[Tshering Penjor]

1. What evidence do I have (or need) to identify those factors and levels posing the greatest barriers to rehabilitation in my population?
Ans= Some of the evidences that i would like to have is about the people’s knowledge, attitude and practice of rehabilitation in general so that i can know where the gap is.
2. How does my own professional expertise and organizational access suggest where I might be most be effective in developing and launching an intervention?
Ans= As my work area is at the hospital, it is more appropriate for me to provide the intervention at institutional level. But I can also do it at personal and community level.
3. What formative research might be needed to understand the precise intervention that would be most appropriate and impactful towards overcoming the challenges I identify?
Ans= Research on why people in my community faces less access to rehabilitation services.
4. When considering potential interventions, what factors related to implementation do I need to consider?
Ans= All the possible factors like personal, household, community, institutional and even the policy factors..
5. What implicit biases may be at work in my culture or context and how do those implicit biases impact an individual’s ability to access and benefit from rehabilitation?
Ans= Especially the socioeconomically deprived population. This impacts their accessibility to rehabilitation through affordability and transportation issues.