Apr 20, 2023
Poverty and disability often go hand in hand, impacting the lives of vulnerable and marginalised families. But what existing approaches are being used to support caregivers of children with developmental disabilities in these communities? Our study utilising the World...
Aug 11, 2021
Early intervention programmes (EIPs) for infants with neurodevelopmental impairment have been poorly studied especially in low-income settings. We aim to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a group participatory EIP, the ‘ABAaNA EIP’, for young...
Aug 11, 2021
A programme of early detection and intervention for children with early developmental disabilities and their families was feasible and acceptable in a rural community-based Ugandan setting. Health care worker training positively impacted knowledge, confidence,...
Aug 4, 2021
Empowerment is an increasingly popular goal, considered core to a transformative agenda for children with disabilities and their families. However, it can still be a poorly understood concept in practice. This article is an empirical analysis of the ‘empowerment...
Aug 4, 2021
We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a 10-week support group, ‘Juntos’, as a community-based intervention for parents of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in Colombia. We found that acceptability and demand for the intervention were high. ‘Juntos’ was...
Aug 4, 2021
A community-based family group program for caregivers of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) was developed based on an existing program for families of children with cerebral palsy and pilot tested in Brazil. Program managers developing group initiatives...
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