American Journal of Nursing Science

Special Issue

Disability from Different Nursing Perspectives

  • Submission Deadline: Sep. 30, 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Amal Khalil
About This Special Issue
According to many definitions, a disability or functional impairment is an impairment that may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or some combination of these. Other definitions describe disability as the societal disadvantage arising from such impairments. Disability substantially affects a person's life activities and may be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime.
WHO defined disabilities as an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity restrictions, and limitations. Thus disability is not just a health problem. It is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives. Overcoming the difficulties faced by people with disabilities requires interventions to remove environmental and social barriers. Disability could affect all age groups starting from childhood to the elderly. WHO estimates that more than one billion people (mostly older people and people with disabilities) is expected to increase to beyond two billion by 2050.
People with disabilities have greater health needs than the general population; however they also experience greater inequality in accessing healthcare. Nurses have a primary role in supporting these patients to access adequate healthcare and experience optimal health. Moreover, Nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing recognize that disability can take a variety of forms and affect the physical, mental, sensory, psychological and social ability of the person. Persons with a disability have the right to complete integration and inclusion within the community, family, school and workplace and assistance should be provided for this to take place.
Aims and Scope:
  1. Disability
  2. Intellectual, Children, Elderly
  3. Nursing Interventions, Integration
  4. Services Provided, Attitudes, Care Givers
  5. Palliative Care
  6. Psychosocial Intervention
Lead Guest Editor
  • Amal Khalil

    Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Menoufyia University, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editors
  • Hend Alnajjar

    College of Nursing, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Wafaa Bin Ali

    College of Nursing, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Howaida Saati

    College of Nursing, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Hanan Elkafafi

    Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

  • Ola Esheiba

    Department of Community Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

  • Howieda Fouly

    Associate professor of Maternity nursing, Asyut, Egypt

Published Articles
  • Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavioural Practice of Elementary Teacher of ADHD Children: Impact of an Educational Intervention

    Amal Ibrahim Khalil , Faten Ahmed Alshareef , Halemah Ghoneem Alshumrani

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 6, December 2019
    Pages: 329-341
    Received: Oct. 15, 2019
    Accepted: Nov. 06, 2019
    Published: Nov. 20, 2019
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajns.20190806.17
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    Abstract: Background: According to Saudi Arabia Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Society, ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorder among children and affect both gender with total prevalence of male: 7.4% and female: 4.2% in Jeddah city. The aim was to investigate the effectiveness of an educational program on exchanging elementary ... Show More