Factors influencing utilization of physiotherapy services by patients and people living with disability at Busia County Referral Hospital in Kenyadoi:10.1186/s43161-022-00076-wPhysiotherapyUtilizationNon-communicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesLower utilization of physiotherapy services in Busia County could ...
Kenya is an East African nation that has been seriously impacted by HIV with an estimated 1.5 million (1.3 million – 1.8 million) PLWHA in 2015 [6]. Because the SF-12 can describe a large range of health states, it can be a particularly useful tool to evaluate the health of people ...
Epilepsy has also been shown to be associated with increased disability (mental and physical) compared to those without epilepsy in studies done in HIC [11, 12]. In a study from Canada, disability in people with epilepsy was significantly associated with anxiety after adjusting for demographic and...
A comprehensive search strategy was used to identify existing literature on experiences of PLWH on self-management. The search was conducted in June 2022 using Embase, Pubmed, Google Scholar, CINHAL, MEDLINE, Psych info and the Cochrane database. The search terms included “people living with HI...
cooking solutions can reduce the burden of collecting firewood, as is the case for women of all abilities in many low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya [16], Burkina Faso [17], India [18], and Nepal [19] but such issues are rarely discussed specifically as a disability issue....
patterns of access to home - based care programmes for people living with hiv /and aids (plhiv):a study of peri- urban settlements in kisumu district, kenya This study sought to understand the patterns of access to home-based care programmes, among people living with HIV and AIDS in Kisum...
While change has to start with governments, funders, NGOs and implementers, all have a role to play, and it will be different in every country. The private sector can also play a role here along with areas related to disability inclusion outside of health. There seems...
In 2020, the 20 countries with the highest number of HIV deaths were:4 South Africa: 71,000 Mozambique: 54,000 Nigeria: 53,000 Indonesia: 38,000 Kenya: 25,000 United Republic of Tanzania: 24,000 Uganda: 23,000 Zimbabwe: 22,000 ...
This chapter suggests that there is considerable room for improving the sexual and reproductive health experiences of people with physical disabilities in Vietnam. Policies to address the stigma associated with a physical disability, especially among educators and health service providers, are needed. ...
An ethnographic study conducted in Cambodia, associating disability and discrimination at work (Gartrell, 2010) and a study on the nature of the barriers that people with disabilities face in the work environment in Kenya, Africa (Opini, 2010). Finally, there is a study on discriminatory ...