Study on the Prevention and Strategy of Disability in China

This research aimed at studying the prevalence and risk factors of disabilities in different population, which through the analysis of the data from the Second National Sampling Survey on Disability in China. The characteristics and high-risk causes of congenital disabilities and acquired disabilities will be analyzed, as well as the determinant factors of both types. Strategy and feasible intervention measures for disability control and prevention according to various high-risk causes of disabilities will be put forward. The results indicated that the prevalence and causes were different at different age, thus the risk of disability exists throughout the whole life. Therefore, the prevention of disability should be a life-long concept. According to the disability prevention strategy of WHO and the status in quo of the prevalence and causes of the disabilities in China, the following measures should be taken in China's disability prevention: 1. Transform the understanding of disability and strengthen the macro planning of disability prevention. 2. Give priority to primary prevention. 3. Set community as the basic unit of disability prevention. 4. Establish non-risk environments. 5. Strengthen people' s health awareness and decrease the exposure in the risk of disability. 6. Strengthen the disability control and prevention in high-risk population.