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ArticleDisability & society2024

Experiences of identifying pre-school children with disabilities in resource limited settings - an account from Malawi, Pakistan and Uganda.

Paul Lynch, Helen M Nabwera, Harriet M Babikako, Muneera Rasheed, Kirsten A Donald, Emmie W Mbale, Elizabeth Stockdale, Prem Chand, Meta Van den Heuvel, Angelina Kakooza Mwesige and 1 more

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Article in Disability & society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Examining the Relationship Between Community Resources and Early Disability Identification: Variation by Child Race or Ethnicity.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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11 authors.

Paul LynchSchool of Education & School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4219-876X
Helen M NabweraDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Harriet M BabikakoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Muneera RasheedDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Kirsten A DonaldDivision of Developmental Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-9660
Emmie W MbaleDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-2858
Elizabeth StockdaleAlder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Prem ChandDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Meta Van den HeuvelHospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Angelina Kakooza MwesigeDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-3671
Melissa GladstoneAlder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2579-9301

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although access to effective medical care for acutely sick children has improved globally, the number of children surviving but who may not be thriving due to disability, is increasing. This study aimed to understand the views of health professionals, educators and caregivers of pre-school children with disabilities in Malawi, Pakistan and Uganda regarding early identification, referral and support. Using applied thematic analysis, we identified themes relating to; limited 'demand' by caregivers for services; different local beliefs and community perceptions regarding the causes of childhood disability. Themes relating to 'supply' of services included inability to respond to community needs, and inadequate training among professionals for identification and referral. Stepwise, approaches provided to the families, community health worker and higher-level services could include training for community and primary care health workers on basic identification techniques and enhanced awareness for families and communities on the importance of early identification of children with disabilities.

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childhood disabilityearly identificationlocal beliefsMalawineurodevelopmental disabilitiesPakistanUganda

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PMID39045395
PMCPMC11265222

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