Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
Introduction: Awareness of disability issues has gained considerable interest by advocacy groups in recent years. However, it is uncertain whether attitudes and perceptions of all service providers and society have adjusted accordingly towards the health care of people with disabilities. This study...
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| description | Introduction: Awareness of disability issues has gained considerable interest by advocacy groups in recent years. However, it is uncertain whether attitudes and perceptions of all service providers and society have adjusted accordingly towards the health care of people with disabilities. This study sought to examine the attitudes of health providers from the perspective of people with disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis.
Methods: A cross-sectional study using semi-structured questionnaires was conducted with people with disabilities (with physical, hearing and visual impairments,) in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study used a multi-stage sampling involving cluster and simple random sampling to select 255 respondents split amongst the following five clusters of communities; Oforikrom, Subin, Asewase, Tafo and Asokwa. Data were analysed using STATA 14 and presented in descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The study found that 71% of the respondents faced some form of discrimination including the use of derogatory remarks, frustration and unavailable required services on the basis of their disability, the type of services they need and the location. Women were 3.89 times more likely to face discrimination; Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.89 (95% confidence interval [CI]; 1.41, 10.76), and visually impaired was more likely to be discriminated at the facility compared with physical disability; AOR = 5.05 (95% CI; 1.44, 17.65). However, respondents with some educational qualification and those who stayed with their family members were less likely to face discrimination; AOR = 0.08 (95% CI; 0.01, 0.39).
Conclusion: The study recommends the provision of in-service training for service providers to update their knowledge on disability issues and improve access to services for people with disabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91bfed7629404b9cb3a0907e34ab95db2022-12-22T01:56:14ZengAOSISAfrican Journal of Disability2223-91702226-72202016-08-0151e1e810.4102/ajod.v5i1.18187Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of GhanaEric Badu0Maxwell P. Opoku1Seth C.Y. Appiah2Department of Community Health, Center for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)Department of Community Health, Center for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)Introduction: Awareness of disability issues has gained considerable interest by advocacy groups in recent years. However, it is uncertain whether attitudes and perceptions of all service providers and society have adjusted accordingly towards the health care of people with disabilities. This study sought to examine the attitudes of health providers from the perspective of people with disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis. Methods: A cross-sectional study using semi-structured questionnaires was conducted with people with disabilities (with physical, hearing and visual impairments,) in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study used a multi-stage sampling involving cluster and simple random sampling to select 255 respondents split amongst the following five clusters of communities; Oforikrom, Subin, Asewase, Tafo and Asokwa. Data were analysed using STATA 14 and presented in descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study found that 71% of the respondents faced some form of discrimination including the use of derogatory remarks, frustration and unavailable required services on the basis of their disability, the type of services they need and the location. Women were 3.89 times more likely to face discrimination; Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.89 (95% confidence interval [CI]; 1.41, 10.76), and visually impaired was more likely to be discriminated at the facility compared with physical disability; AOR = 5.05 (95% CI; 1.44, 17.65). However, respondents with some educational qualification and those who stayed with their family members were less likely to face discrimination; AOR = 0.08 (95% CI; 0.01, 0.39). Conclusion: The study recommends the provision of in-service training for service providers to update their knowledge on disability issues and improve access to services for people with disabilities.https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/181Persons with DisabilitiesDiscriminationKumasi MetropolisAttitudes |
| spellingShingle | Eric Badu Maxwell P. Opoku Seth C.Y. Appiah Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana African Journal of Disability Persons with Disabilities Discrimination Kumasi Metropolis Attitudes |
| title | Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana |
| title_full | Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana |
| title_short | Attitudes of health service providers: the perspective of Persons with Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana |
| title_sort | attitudes of health service providers the perspective of persons with disabilities in the kumasi metropolis of ghana |
| topic | Persons with Disabilities Discrimination Kumasi Metropolis Attitudes |
| url | https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/181 |
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