Indignity, exclusion, pain and hunger: The impact of musculoskeletal impairments in the lives of children in Malawi

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1736-1746

  Alavi, Yasmene ^a   Jumbe, Vincent ^b   Hartley, Sally ^a,c,d   Smith, Sarah ^a   Lamping, Donna ^a   Muhit, Mohammad ^a   Masiye, Francis ^b   Lavy, Chris ^a,e,f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Beit Cure International Hospital   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Child disability; Community based rehabilitation (CBR); Physical disability; Qualitative; United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867161101     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.662260     Document Type: Article

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