Appreciation of community-based rehabilitation by caregivers of children with a disability.
Evaluations of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes generally focus on quantitative data. To gain insight into the determinants of the outcomes, process-oriented data are needed. From the literature six variables have been identified that possibly correlate with the evaluation of CBR by caregivers of children with a disability. These variables are: (1) traditional beliefs, (2) impact of a child with a disability on the caregiver, (3) community involvement, (4) perceived ability to teach the child, (5) attitude towards various health services, and (6) expectations for the future of a disabled child. The study was done in the CBR projects in Zimbabwe. Seventy-five caregivers were interviewed. Background, perceived abilities to teach and expectations of the caregivers were very different. This study revealed a significant correlation between the appreciation of CBR and the attitude towards various health services, and between the perceived ability to teach and the expectations for the future of the child.
Finkenflügel
H J
HJ
Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Van Maanen
V
V
Schut
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Vermeer
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Jelsma
J
J
Moyo
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D001290:Attitude; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male