Community-Based Rehabilitation on Health and Education Services to Improve Quality of Life for Children with Intellectual Disability in Adama City, Ethiopia
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Community, Education, Health, Intellectual, Participation, RehabilitationAbstract
Children with intellectual disabilities deserve social inclusion, health care services, and access to education through community-based rehabilitation. Community-based rehabilitation is among the models of service provision to children with intellectual disability. In countries where there are few psychiatric hospitals and specialized treatments, community-based rehabilitation gives hope to individuals with intellectual disabilities by empowering them and improving their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to describe the functions of community-based rehabilitation on health and education services for children with intellectual disability in Adama City, Ethiopia. To this end, a community-based participatory research design was employed. Eighty-two (82) participants were selected through purposive, availability, and snowball sampling techniques. Data collection tools were observation and questionnaire. Findings reveal that parental lack of education (29.29%) and absence of training at home (20.72%) were major problems for children with intellectual disability. Findings also show that community-based rehabilitation programs significantly improved health and education services to children with intellectual disability by increasing awareness of families, facilitating emotional support, and empowering them in their schooling process. The study recommends that effective multidisciplinary strategies of community-based rehabilitation programs should be designed to integrate children with intellectual disabilities into general service provision.
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