A Comprehensive Plan for the Care and Support of Veterans and the Disabled Community for IRAN with the Aim of Promoting their Health and Empowerment

Planning for the disabled ensures attention to their needs, the importance of providing for them, creating equal opportunities to achieve economic-social benefits, and generally eliminating health discrimination and achieving health justice.
"Development of a comprehensive care and support program for veterans and the disabled community of the country with the aim of improving their health and empowering them" as the third sub-policy of the eighth policy of the country's health system is emphasized by the Supreme Leader in 2013.

This study is of applied and qualitative type. To develop a program, in addition to studying the texts related to the current domestic and foreign situation regarding disabled people; Thirty people with different disabilities and twenty veterans were asked about their problems and wishes. Also, to obtain program components including strategies; Actions; the indicators, the duration of the program and the number of its phases were determined through the rain of thoughts and questions from fifteen experts with important management responsibilities in the field of rehabilitation.

The proposed program was designed in two three-year phases and includes 5 strategies and 24 measures. The strategies of the program include: being seen in the society, creating a network of disabled people's networks, using information and communication technology, community-oriented rehabilitation, and ensuring the implementation of laws and respect for the rights of the disabled.

Disabled people are very dear children of the society and should be given special attention in terms of support and empowerment. The existence of a support program for the underprivileged people of the country and its implementation as a stimulating and effective factor will provide the growth and excellence of the society and economic prosperity.