Information Package / Course Catalogue
Disability and Women
Course Code: EBE644
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Knowing the definitions and characteristics of disability, the situation of women with disabilities, the difficulties in providing health services and the solution proposals can be defined.

Course Content

This course includes the definition of disability, its types, causes, the situation of disabled people in the world and in Turkiye, the problems of disabled women, the problems faced by disabled people in receiving health care and service delivery by health workers, and solution suggestions and examples.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Ability to describe disability and the characteristics of disabled women
2.To be able to explain the situation of disabled people in the world and in Turkiye
3.Explaining the problems of women with disabilities
4.Explaining the health problems of disabled women
5.To be able to define the reproductive health problems of disabled women and to offer suggestions for the solution of the problems.
6.To be able to define the problems of disabled women in getting health services and to create solutions
7.To know the problems faced by healthcare professionals in the provision of services to women with disabilities.
8.To be able to create solutions for the problems faced by healthcare professionals in the provision of services to women with disabilities.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Altuntaş, Duman, N., Doğanay, G. (2017). Disabled women in Trabzon through social exclusion practices. Journal of Sociological Studies, 2(20), 1-48.
2.Barnett, S., Franks, P. (2002). Health care utilization and adults who are deaf: Relationship with age at onset of deafness. Health Services Research, 37:105-20. Doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.99106
3.Başgöl, Ş., Oskay, Ü. (2015). Fiziksel Engelliliğin Gebelik ve Annelik Üzerine Etkisi. Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Dergisi, 23(1), 88-95.
4.Chin, N.P., Cuculick, J., Starr, M., Panko, T., Widanka, H., Dozier, A. (2013). Deaf mothers and breastfeeding: do unique features of deaf culture and language support breastfeeding success? J Hum Lact. 29(4), 564– 571.
5.World Health Organization., World Bank. (2011). World Disability Report. WHO Library and Publication Catalog Data. (http://www.who.int/disabilities/ world_report/2011/report.pdf)
6.World Health Organization (2014). Global Disability Action Plan 2014–2021: Better health for all people with disability - Report by the Secretariat. Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly, 67/16 (11):1047–55 (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/disability/2016/GlobalStatusReportonDisabilityandDevelopment.pdf).
7.World Health Organization: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (2001). Geneva, Switzerland.
8.Global Status Report on Disability and Development Prototype. (2015). United Version, 2016.
9.Hall, J., HundleyV., Collins B., Ireland J. (2018). Dignity and Respect During Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Survey of the Experience of Disabled Women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1), 328. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1950-7
10.Iezzoni, I.L., Wint, A.J., Smeltzer, C.S., Ecker, J.L. (2015). Physical Accessibility of Routine Prenatal Care for Women with Mobility Disability. Journal Of Women’s Health, 24(12). https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2015.5385
11.Inan S., Ceyhun Peker G., Tekiner A., Ak F., Dağlı Z. (2013). Disability, Situation of the Disabled in Turkey and A Look at Health Service Delivery. TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, 12(6).
12.The Law on Approval of the International Labor Organization [ILO] (International Labor Organization No. 159 on the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of the Disabled) (http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/kanunlar/k4407.html)
13.Oliveira, M.G., Carvalho, A.T., Pagliuca, L.M.F., Pinheiro, A.K.B., Bezerra, C.P., Machado, M.M.T. (2015). Attention model for chronic conditions: blind women and their sons. Health, 7(6), 747-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2015.76089
14.Şişman, Y., F. Kocabaş and B. Yazıcı. (2011). The Necessity of the Disabled to Participate in Working Life and a General Evaluation of the Social Policies Implemented in This Context in Turkey. Eskisehir: Anadolu University Press, Eskisehir
15.Tarasoff, L.A. (2017). “We don’t know. We’ve never had anybody like you before”: Barriers to perinatal care for women with physical disabilities. Disabil Health J, 10(3), 426–33. doi:10.1016/j.dhjo. 2017.03.017
16.T.R. Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services (2021). General Directorate of Disabled and Elderly Services. Disabled and Elderly Statistics Bulletin, (https://ailevecalisma.gov.tr/).
17.Republic of Turkiye Prime Ministry Administration for the Disabled (2006). Disability Law and Related Legislation, Publication No: 43, Ankara, 16.
18.T.R. Prime Ministry Administration for Disabled People. (1999). Council of the Disabled. Contemporary life and the disabled. Preliminary Commission Reports. Takav Printing and Publishing, Ankara
19.Timur S., Ege E., Barış E. (2006). Reproductive Health Problems of Disabled Women and Affecting Factors. C.U. Journal of the School of Nursing, 10(1).
20.Turkish Statistical Institute [TUIK]. (2002). Türkiye Disability Survey, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of disability, its types
Week 2 - Theoretical
Causes of disability
Week 3 - Theoretical
The situation of the disabled in the world and in Turkiye
Week 4 - Theoretical
The situation of the disabled in the world and in Turkiye
Week 5 - Theoretical
Disability rights, legal status
Week 6 - Theoretical
The situation of women with disabilities
Week 7 - Theoretical
Health status of disabled women
Week 8 - Theoretical
Reproductive health for women with disabilities
Week 9 - Theoretical
Reproductive health for women with disabilities
Week 10 - Theoretical
Difficulties faced by women with disabilities in healthcare
Week 11 - Theoretical
The difficulties faced by healthcare professionals in the provision of services to the disabled and disabled women, and solutions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Projects and research on disability and women with disabilities
Week 13 - Theoretical
Projects and research on disability and women with disabilities
Week 14 - Theoretical
Projects and research on disability and women with disabilities
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment19211
Term Project110212
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)103
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
3
5
5
5
5
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5
OÇ-3
5
3
5
5
5
5
3
5
OÇ-4
5
3
5
5
5
5
3
5
OÇ-5
5
3
5
5
5
5
3
5
OÇ-6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
OÇ-7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
OÇ-8
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026