Community-based rehabilitation--a survey of disabled in a village in Botswana.
The present study was undertaken in the context of developing community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in Botswana. A door-to-door survey was conducted in Moshupa village during 1990, identifying 1.4% disabled persons. Twenty-two per cent of the disabled were younger than 15 years of age and 17% were more than 65 years old. A high proportion (30%) of disabled persons had parents who were related to one another. A majority of the disabled had difficulties with mobility (65%) and 21% had two or more disabilities. Thirty-four per cent received treatment (predominantly modern medicine) and there was a positive association between treatment and education. The results are compared with other disability studies and discussed with reference to the CBR programme aims.
Department of Rehabilitation, Gothenburg College of Health & Caring Sciences, Sweden.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001902:Botswana / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003150:Community Health Workers; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors