02075nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001653001400042653001600056653002500072653001600097653001500113653004100128100001600169700002700185700001400212245012200226856006200348300000900410490000600419520143200425       2015                            d10aSri Lanka10arural areas10aQualitative Research10aEmpowerment10aDisability10aCommunity based rehabilitation (CBR)1 aHigashida M1 aGamini Illangasingha M1 aKumara MS00aDeveloping local resources in community-based rehabilitation programme in Sri Lanka: Follow-up study in Anuradhapura.  uhttp://www.hrpub.org/download/20150301/IJRH1-19203049.pdf  a8 p.0 v33 a<p>Local resources have been the purview of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) but have received little research and evaluation. This study examines the factors of developing local resources in the CBR<br />
programme in rural areas in Sri Lanka. Of all the resources, the study mainly focuses on community workshops. An action research approach based on qualitative methods was applied in the Anuradhapura district as a follow-up to the previous research. Actions include meetings with stakeholders, as well as outreach courses. The study used narrative data from semi-structured interviews with the participants of community workshops (n=24), separate focus group discussion with participants (n=34), and CBR core group officers (n=5), and the author’s field notes in social work practice. Data was analyzed within the framework of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). The results show positive and negative attributes of community workshops in both internal and external aspects. In particular, we find strong support for the strengths of developing local resources in the CBR programme from the perspective of disabled people and local government officers. The result indicates the possibility that local people take full advantage of opportunities to overcome the weaknesses of local resources. Finally, the implications of this research and recommendations for future studies are discussed.</p>