[article]
Titre : |
Ethiopian community health workers' beliefs and attitudes towards children with autism: Impact of a brief training intervention |
Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
Auteurs : |
D. TILAHUN, Auteur ; A. FEKADU, Auteur ; B. TEKOLA, Auteur ; M. ARAYA, Auteur ; I. ROTH, Auteur ; B. DAVEY, Auteur ; C. HANLON, Auteur ; R. A. HOEKSTRA, Auteur |
Article en page(s) : |
p.39-49 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
attitude autism spectrum disorder community health workers developing countries developmental disabilities Ethiopia stigma mental-health low-income illness disorders africa guangzhou knowledge people staff Psychology |
Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
Résumé : |
There is a severe shortage of services for children with autism in Ethiopia; access to services is further impeded by negative beliefs and stigmatising attitudes towards affected children and their families. To increase access to services, care provision is decentralised through task-shifted care by community health extension workers. This study aimed to examine the impact of a brief training (Health Education and Training; HEAT) for Ethiopian rural health extension workers and comprised three groups: (1) health extension workers who completed a basic mental health training module (HEAT group, N = 104); (2) health extension workers who received enhanced training, comprising basic HEAT as well as video-based training on developmental disorders and a mental health pocket guide (HEAT+ group, N = 97); and (3) health extension workers untrained in mental health (N = 108). All participants completed a questionnaire assessing beliefs and social distance towards children with autism. Both the HEAT and HEAT+ group showed fewer negative beliefs and decreased social distance towards children with autism compared to the untrained health extension worker group, with the HEAT+ group outperforming the HEAT group. However, HEAT+ trained health extension workers were less likely to have positive expectations about children with autism than untrained health extension workers. These findings have relevance for task-sharing and scale up of autism services in low-resource settings worldwide. |
En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361317730298 |
Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=379 |
in Autism > 23-1 (January 2019) . - p.39-49
[article] Ethiopian community health workers' beliefs and attitudes towards children with autism: Impact of a brief training intervention [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / D. TILAHUN, Auteur ; A. FEKADU, Auteur ; B. TEKOLA, Auteur ; M. ARAYA, Auteur ; I. ROTH, Auteur ; B. DAVEY, Auteur ; C. HANLON, Auteur ; R. A. HOEKSTRA, Auteur . - p.39-49. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Autism > 23-1 (January 2019) . - p.39-49
Mots-clés : |
attitude autism spectrum disorder community health workers developing countries developmental disabilities Ethiopia stigma mental-health low-income illness disorders africa guangzhou knowledge people staff Psychology |
Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
Résumé : |
There is a severe shortage of services for children with autism in Ethiopia; access to services is further impeded by negative beliefs and stigmatising attitudes towards affected children and their families. To increase access to services, care provision is decentralised through task-shifted care by community health extension workers. This study aimed to examine the impact of a brief training (Health Education and Training; HEAT) for Ethiopian rural health extension workers and comprised three groups: (1) health extension workers who completed a basic mental health training module (HEAT group, N = 104); (2) health extension workers who received enhanced training, comprising basic HEAT as well as video-based training on developmental disorders and a mental health pocket guide (HEAT+ group, N = 97); and (3) health extension workers untrained in mental health (N = 108). All participants completed a questionnaire assessing beliefs and social distance towards children with autism. Both the HEAT and HEAT+ group showed fewer negative beliefs and decreased social distance towards children with autism compared to the untrained health extension worker group, with the HEAT+ group outperforming the HEAT group. However, HEAT+ trained health extension workers were less likely to have positive expectations about children with autism than untrained health extension workers. These findings have relevance for task-sharing and scale up of autism services in low-resource settings worldwide. |
En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361317730298 |
Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=379 |
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