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1 Thailand’s
Strategic Plan for Disability Statistics
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2 Topic of presentation
- The disability statistic
in Thailand
- Strategic plan
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3 Disability
Statistics in Thailand
- Decentralized statistical
system, NSO and other agencies collect disability
statistics.
- The collection classified
into 2 types
- Regular collection
- Provisional study
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4 1. REGULAR COLLECTION:
- From registration system
and recording
- From census and survey
2. PROVISIONAL STUDY
- Some small areas or some
groups of disabled persons.
- In depth analysis or
research
Ex. Epidemiology study, Disabled students
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5 From registration
system and recording
| Organization |
Coverage |
Periodicity |
| Office of Empowerment for Persons with
Disabilities, Ministry of Social Development
and Human Security |
Disabled registrants |
Monthly |
| Social Security Office, Ministry of Labour
|
Insured of Social Security Office |
Monthly |
| Department of Mental Health, Ministry
of Public Health |
Inpatient with Psychosis |
Annual |
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6 From census
and survey survey carried out by other agencies:
Survey carried out by other agencies:
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| Organization |
Coverage |
Periodicity |
| National Health Foundation |
Population age 5 years and over |
Quinquennial |
| Institute for Population and Social Research,
Mahidol University |
Disable persons age 0 - 19 years |
- |
| The Community Development
Department, Ministry of Interior |
Households in non - municipal area |
Annual |
| Villages in non - municipal area |
Biennial |
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8 From census
and survey (Contd.)
- Census and survey carried
out by NSO:
- 1970,1990
Population & Housing Census
- 1974,1976,1977,1978,1981,1986,1991,1996
and 2001 Health and Welfare Survey
- 1994,2002 Survey
of Elderly in Thailand
- 2002 Disability
Survey
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9 THE 2002 DISABILITY
SURVEY
The NSO carried out Disability
Survey independently for the first time in 2002,
concept, definition, classification and methodology
had been improved.
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10 OBJECTIVE
OF 2002 DISABILITY SURVEY
To collect data on:
- Demographic and characteristics
of disabled persons.
- Persons having consecutively
health problems or chronic illness for 6 months
and over or having impairment.
- Persons having health
problems and problems in performing the activities
of daily living.
- Persons having impairments.
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11 COVERAGE
Covered private and special
households which members have consecutively
health problems or chronic illness for 6 months
and over or have impairments.
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12 METHODLOGY
- Sample Design
- Coverage:
Whole country (Geographical )
- “ Stratified
Two-Stage Sampling ”
- The Primary Sampling
Units were blocks for municipal areas/villages
for non-unicipal areas
- The Secondary Sampling
units were private households and member
of special households.
- Total sample
= 50,000 households
- Response rate
= 82%
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13 METHODOLOGY
Method:
face - to - face interview
Interviewer:
permanent officers of NSO
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14 CONCEPT, DEFINITION
AND CLASSIFICATION
CONCEPT
- View disability as the
consequent of health problems or chronic illness
or impairment which limit persons from performing
the activity of daily living (ADLs) and Instrumental
activities of daily living (IADLs).
- The 2002 Disability Survey,
studied disability of performing activities
of daily living: eating, bathing, cleaning
face, brushing teeth, dressing, go to the
toilet and cleaning after passing a stool.
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15 DEFINITION
- Developed definition
of persons with disabilities by basing on
the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act
B.E. 2534 (1991).
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16 DEFINITION
(Contd.)
Disabled Person refers to
person having at least one of the following
characteristics:
- Impairment in
terms of sight, could not see normal
alphabet eventhough wearing glasses or contact
lenses.
- Impairment
in terms of hearing or communication,
hard of hearing normal speaking voice, has
malfunctioning of speaking, etc.
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17 DEFINITION (Contd.)
- Impairment in
terms of physical and locomotion,
has difficulty to walk or move body.
- Impairment
in terms of mentality or behavior,
has psychological abnormalily or malfuntioning
of certain part of the brain associated with
perception, emotion and thought.
- Impairment in
terms of intellectual or learning ability,
has abnormality or malfuntioning of the brain
or intelligent level.
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- Disability refers to any
restrictions orto perform basic activities
as normal individual which consequence from
health problems or illness consecutive 6 months
and over or impairment.
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19 CLASSIFICATION
- Studied the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health (ICF), tried to apply classification
of human functioning and disability to the
survey.
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20 SURVEY CONTENT
Set of Questions
Questions on:
- Health problems or
chronic illness consecutive for 6 months and
over or impairment
- Disability
- Impairment
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21 SOME PROBLEMS
IN COLLECTING DISABILITY STATISTICS
- More than one agencies
collect disability statistics, concept, definition
and classification are not standard.
- Lack of statistical personnel
who have skill in the field of disability
statistics.
- Lack of special sampling
frame for carrying out the disability survey.
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22 SOME PROBLEMS
IN COLLECTING DISABILITY STATISTICS (Contd.)
- Interviewers have no experiences
on medical knowledge. Need skill training
on technical language.
- Respondents have various
background of education, always view disability
as inferior characteristics.
- Questions on disability
are not standard for many purposes and for
comparison across agencies.
etc.
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23 Strategic
plan
Goals:
- To have more integrated
approaches to gathering and sharing information
and to policy uses
- To have better quality
disability statistics through censuses and
surveys
- To have better registration
system
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24 1st Goal: To
have more integrated approaches to gathering
and sharing information and to policy uses
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
1.1 To have a common framework
of disability based on the ICF |
- To set up
committees working on the ICF
|
ICF Thailand user guide |
- To set up working
committee work on setting minimum data
set
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National minimum data set |
1.2 To promote the use of ICF |
- To organise
workshops to work on, to promote use
of the ICF
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25 1st Goal: To
have more integrated approaches to gathering
and sharing information and to policy uses (contd.)
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
1.3 To improve and develop the ICF
Thailand user guide |
- To set up working
groups to monitor and evaluate the use
of ICF
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Update ICF Thailand user guide |
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26 2nd Goal: To
have better quaility disability statistics through
censuses and surveys
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
2.1 To promote understanding the use
of ICF in censuses and surveys |
- To organise
workshops to disseminate the concepts,
definitions and classifications of ICF
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2.2 To ensure that data are relevant
to users’ needs |
- To organise
meetings with users
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27 2nd Goal: To
have better quaility disability statistics through
censuses and surveys (contd.)
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
2.3 To improve the quality of disability
statistics in terms of questionnaire design,
sampling methodology, data processing
and dissemination |
- To study and
analyse the previous data collection
and revise questionnaire design, sampling
methodology, data processing and dissemination
|
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28 2nd Goal: To
have better quality disability statistics through
censuses and surveys (contd.)
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
2.4 To collect data in a cost-effective
manner |
- To introduce
a disability module in existing surveys
or population census
|
Good quality disability
statistics relevant to all major users
though censuses and surveys |
2.5 To provide the output that is clearly
understood to the key policy makers and
other users |
- To analyse
on specific issues relating to policy
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29 3rd Goal: To
have better registration system
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
| Short term |
3.1 To assist people with disabilities
to obtain appropriate services.
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- To modify the
current form based on the ICF
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People with disabilities have better
access to services |
3.2 To monitor and report to the public
and the government on services providing. |
- To carry out
data analysis and research
|
Analytical reports |
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3rd Goal: To have better
registration system (contd.)
| Objective |
Activity |
Output |
| Long term |
3.3 To obtain new hardware, software
for registration system |
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3.4 To revise and improve the current
Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act
(1991) and Ministerial Regulations (1994) |
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3.5 To set up working groups to improve
the content of registration based on the
ICF framework and the new revised Act
and regulations |
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31 Thank you |
