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The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.

Cultural narratives on disability have received much attention over the past few decades. In contexts of poverty, limited information and everyday challenges associated with having, or caring for someone with a disability, different understandings have emerged. A project was set up to promote disabi...

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Tác giả chính:	Karen, Bunning, oseph K, Gona, Charles R, Newton
Ngôn ngữ:	English
Năm xuất bản:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
Chủ đề:	Medicine Science perception community understanding challenges
Truy cập Trực tuyến:	http://lrc.quangbinhuni.edu.vn:8181/dspace/handle/DHQB_123456789/4104
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spelling	oai:localhost:DHQB_123456789-41042018-10-22T08:43:31Z The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya. Karen, Bunning oseph K, Gona Charles R, Newton Medicine Science perception community understanding challenges Cultural narratives on disability have received much attention over the past few decades. In contexts of poverty, limited information and everyday challenges associated with having, or caring for someone with a disability, different understandings have emerged. A project was set up to promote disability awareness in neighborhood communities in a rural part of Kenya, using a process of reflection and education. This paper reports on the first aspect-reflection. The aim was to investigate local understanding of disability as a co-constructed concept. The research questions were: 1. What cultural beliefs shape local understanding of disability? 2. What challenges are perceived to be associated with disability? A phenomenological approach was adopted. Focus group discussions were conducted with twenty-one community groups involving 263 participants and audio-recorded. The data were transcribed and thematic analysis was carried out. Visual maps were created to illustrate any interconnections, before establishing the final conclusions. Local beliefs attributed disability to: human transgression of social conventions, particularly concerning inappropriate family relations, which invoked a curse; supernatural forces affecting the child; the will of God; unexplained events; and biomedical factors. Challenges associated with disability related to the burden of caregiving and perceived barriers to inclusion, with stress as a shared bi-product. Local understanding of disability in this rural part of Kenya demonstrated overlapping explanations and plurality of beliefs. Two possible interpretations are offered. Firstly, oscillation between explanatory lines demonstrated instability, affecting broader acceptance of disability. Secondly, and more positively, in the face of challenges, the desire to make sense of the existing situation, reflected a healthy pluralism. 2018-09-13T07:57:19Z 2018-09-13T07:57:19Z 2017 http://lrc.quangbinhuni.edu.vn:8181/dspace/handle/DHQB_123456789/4104 en Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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spellingShingle	Medicine Science perception community understanding challenges Karen, Bunning oseph K, Gona Charles R, Newton The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.
description	Cultural narratives on disability have received much attention over the past few decades. In contexts of poverty, limited information and everyday challenges associated with having, or caring for someone with a disability, different understandings have emerged. A project was set up to promote disability awareness in neighborhood communities in a rural part of Kenya, using a process of reflection and education. This paper reports on the first aspect-reflection. The aim was to investigate local understanding of disability as a co-constructed concept. The research questions were: 1. What cultural beliefs shape local understanding of disability? 2. What challenges are perceived to be associated with disability? A phenomenological approach was adopted. Focus group discussions were conducted with twenty-one community groups involving 263 participants and audio-recorded. The data were transcribed and thematic analysis was carried out. Visual maps were created to illustrate any interconnections, before establishing the final conclusions. Local beliefs attributed disability to: human transgression of social conventions, particularly concerning inappropriate family relations, which invoked a curse; supernatural forces affecting the child; the will of God; unexplained events; and biomedical factors. Challenges associated with disability related to the burden of caregiving and perceived barriers to inclusion, with stress as a shared bi-product. Local understanding of disability in this rural part of Kenya demonstrated overlapping explanations and plurality of beliefs. Two possible interpretations are offered. Firstly, oscillation between explanatory lines demonstrated instability, affecting broader acceptance of disability. Secondly, and more positively, in the face of challenges, the desire to make sense of the existing situation, reflected a healthy pluralism.
author	Karen, Bunning oseph K, Gona Charles R, Newton
author_facet	Karen, Bunning oseph K, Gona Charles R, Newton
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title	The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.
title_short	The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.
title_full	The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.
title_fullStr	The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.
title_full_unstemmed	The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.
title_sort	perception of disability by community groups: stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of kenya.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya.

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