Breaking Down Barriers: Findings from a Literature Review on Housing for People with Disabilities in Latin America

Accessibility to housing is crucial for people with disabilities as it provides them with equal opportunities and allows them to live independently. A systematic literature review has been conducted to understand the current research on accessibility in housing for people with disabilities in Latin...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2023-03, Vol.20 (6), p.4972
Main Authors: Valderrama-Ulloa, Claudia, Ferrada, Ximena, Herrera, Felipe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Analysis
Caregivers
Child
Disability
Disabled Persons
Dwellings
Ergonomics
Handicapped accessibility
Housing
Housing for physically handicapped
Human rights
Humans
Impairment
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Latin America
Literature reviews
Older people
People with disabilities
Physically disabled persons
Policy
Review
Systematic review
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Accessibility to housing is crucial for people with disabilities as it provides them with equal opportunities and allows them to live independently. A systematic literature review has been conducted to understand the current research on accessibility in housing for people with disabilities in Latin America. The study analysed 56 papers and used co-word analysis to identify common themes and topics within the documents. The results of the analysis showed that Brazil (61%) is the country with the most research on the subject, physical disability, at 36%, is the impairment most analysed, and interventions or analysis for the older people (45%) in their homes is the most researched type of population. The co-word analysis revealed that topics such as policy, regulations, the use of technologies, ergonomics interventions, and architectural criteria or barriers to the daily life of disabled people were frequently discussed in the papers. Although this work shows a substantial and growing increase in research on housing for people with disabilities in Latin America, it also demonstrates the importance of increasing research on other types of impairment, such as visual and cognitive-intellectual disabilities, and including children, caregivers, or even young adults.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20064972