Navigating the Ghanaian Health System: Stories from Families of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Autor/in	Lamptey, De-Lawrence
Titel	Navigating the Ghanaian Health System: Stories from Families of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 68 (2022) 5, S.641-650 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lamptey, De-Lawrence)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2047-3869
DOI	10.1080/20473869.2020.1865121
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Health Care; Children; Intellectual Disability; Developmental Disabilities; Health Needs; Adolescents; Barriers; Affordances; Pediatrics; Individual Characteristics; Health Insurance; Health Personnel; Health Services; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Entwicklungsstörung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Klinische Sozialpädiatrie; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Krankenversicherung; Medizinisches Personal; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	This study explored the experiences of families in navigating the Ghanaian health system to address the general health needs of their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The sample involved 22 primary caregivers of children with IDD aged 3-18 years who participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were analyzed using the constant comparison analytical method. The findings highlighted key enablers and barriers related to three overarching themes: entry into the health system; consultation with health professionals; and service coordination. The findings showed that the families and their children gained entry into the health system in many health facilities. However, the families revealed that some facilities denied the children services, either because the children had difficulties following entry processing protocols or there were no health professionals willing to address the children's needs. Although health professionals perform their duties professionally during consultation and care administration in many cases, the families reported on some challenges. Service coordination was seamless in some facilities; however, the families reported on other facilities they accessed where service coordination was not seamless. The study findings illustrate that the experiences of families and their children with IDD in the Ghanaian health system may be mixed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01