Knowledge about Autism among Graduate Students in Togo

Gossou, Komlantsè M.; Koudema, Akounda; Kpoffon, Kodzo; Adjiwanou, Vissého

doi:10.1007/s10803-021-04972-3

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“…Economic development gaps between urban and rural areas might contribute to differences in the knowledge of ASD. In high-income economies, increased scientific interest in the development of evidence-based interventions for ASD could help raise awareness and knowledge of ASD among the public and professionals ( 33 ).…”

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“…In high-income economies, increased scientific interest in the development of evidence-based interventions for ASD could help raise awareness and knowledge of ASD among the public and professionals (33). Ninety-eight percent of parents said that the significance of an ASD diagnosis and access to support services were important, but professionals rarely provided relevant professional guidance to them (34,35).…”

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Urgency in Improving Child Health Care Workers' Awareness and Knowledge of ASD: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study in Southwest China

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Liu

et al. 2021

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Objective: To evaluate the levels of awareness and knowledge of ASD among child health care workers in China, we conducted a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study to assess the participants' awareness and knowledge of ASD.Methods: A total of 159 child health care workers from Southwest China participated in the survey and filled out the questionnaire.Descriptive analysis was conducted on the five parts of the questionnaire, including general knowledge, symptomology, screening and diagnosis, and intervention and treatment. Univariate analysis was used to assess impacts of the participants' basic demographic characteristics on the questionnaire scores. Multivariate analysis was used to analyze association of the participants' basic demographic characteristics and the questionnaire scores.Results: Less than 15% of the participants knew that ASD is a developmental, congenital and genetic disorder. Few participants knew that the symptoms include language disorder (38.4%) and social dysfunction (29.6%). A minority of the participants knew the diagnostic criteria (22.6%) and the age for early screening (14.5%). A total of 23.9% of the participants agreed that there are no effective drugs to treat ASD, and 6.3% agreed that ASD is incurable. A number of years in practice of ≥10 (OR = 0.3249, 95% CI: 0.1080–0.9189) was the main factor related to a high questionnaire score.Conclusions: Most participants had relatively low levels of awareness and knowledge of ASD, especially in terms of general knowledge as well as knowledge of intervention and treatment. Working for more than 10 years was a significant predictor of higher levels of awareness and knowledge of ASD. ASD-related training and knowledge dissemination are crucial for the early diagnosis and intervention of ASD. Child health care workers' awareness and knowledge of ASD needs to be improved to help build public awareness about ASD.

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Urgency in Improving Child Health Care Workers' Awareness and Knowledge of ASD: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study in Southwest China

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Liu

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“…There are persistent challenges with identification, assessment and treatment in Africa which need to be addressed at different levels including community engagement [ 10 ]. In Nigeria and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there is also generally low to average knowledge about ASD among populations with medical/health knowledge [ 11 – 14 ] and presumably lower in the lay population. In other similar settings, caregivers have poor knowledge of the condition [ 15 , 16 ] influenced by age, education, and ethnicity [ 16 ].…”

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Internalization of stigma among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Nigeria: a mixed method study

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Background Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) has uniquely stigmatizing aspects because children with ASD have no physical markers of their condition. Parents are usually blamed and judgment from others is often internalized (felt stigma). Aim This study was conducted to determine knowledge about ASD, negative experiences (enacted stigma), internalization of stigma (felt or self stigma) and its correlates among parents of children with ASD in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 230 parents in Lagos, Nigeria employing mixed-method data collection methods. Quantitative data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire and analyzed with Epi- Info™ version 7.0 statistical package. Data were summarized with proportions, mean and standard deviation. Chi square and Spearman’s correlation tests were done, and the level of significance was pre-determined at 5% (p < 0.05). In-depth interviews were also conducted among six parents to further explore the topic. The interviews were analyzed narratively. Results The proportion of mothers and fathers were 175 (76.1%) and 55 (23.9%) respectively. The mean age of respondents was 42 ± 8.5 years. Overall knowledge of ASD was very poor as only 3(1.3%) had good knowledge. Overall, 122(53%) usually had negative experience of parenting a child with ASD (enacted stigma), mothers (17.1%) more than fathers (9.1%). Majority 192(83.5%) internalized stigma. There was a low–moderate correlation between ‘enacted’ stigma and ‘internalized’ stigma (ρ- 0.400, p < 0.001). From in-depth interviews, many parents revealed that their child’s condition had negative effects on the family. Many also recounted negative experience of stigma. Conclusion Overall, parents of children with ASD had poor knowledge of the condition. Majority internalized stigma and this increases with negative treatment from others. Parents should be properly educated about ASD. Community-based education to increase awareness about ASD in addition to encouraging people to show empathy and reduce stigmatizing behaviour towards parents of children with ASD are recommended.

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Picture of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research in West Africa—A Scoping Review

Bakare

Onu

Bello-Mojeed

et al. 2022

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Knowledge about Autism among Graduate Students in Togo

Cited by 4 publications

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Urgency in Improving Child Health Care Workers' Awareness and Knowledge of ASD: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study in Southwest China

Urgency in Improving Child Health Care Workers' Awareness and Knowledge of ASD: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study in Southwest China

Internalization of stigma among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Nigeria: a mixed method study

Picture of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research in West Africa—A Scoping Review

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