‘Maybe I will give some help…. maybe not to help the eyes but different help’: an analysis of care and support of children with visual impairment in community settings in Malawi

• Published in: Child : care, health & development Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 608 - 620
• Main Authors: Gladstone, M., McLinden, M., Douglas, G., Jolley, E., Schmidt, E., Chimoyo, J., Magombo, H., Lynch, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2017; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Africa; Blindness; Caregivers; Caregivers - education; Caregivers - psychology; Child; Child Abuse; Child development; child disability; Child Health Services - organization & administration; Child welfare; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Communication; Disabled Children - psychology; Disabled Children - rehabilitation; early child development; Early intervention; Feedback; Female; Focus Groups; Gender roles; Health education; Health information; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Infant; Interviews as Topic; low and middle income; Low income groups; Malawi - epidemiology; Male; Nutrition; Original; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Personal safety; Physical disabilities; Prejudice; Professional training; qualitative; Qualitative Research; Rural communities; Rural Population; Social Stigma; Social Support; Stigma; Stimulation; Stimuli; Urban Population; Vision Disorders - epidemiology; Vision Disorders - physiopathology; Vision Disorders - psychology; Vision Disorders - rehabilitation; Visual impairment; Visual Impairments; low and middle income; visual impairment; qualitative; early child development; Africa; child disability

Background Visual impairment in children is common in low and middle‐income settings. Whilst visual impairment (VI) can impact on the development of children, many reach full potential with appropriate early intervention programmes. Although there is increased emphasis on early child development glo...