‘We do not have chiefs who are disabled’: disability, development and culture in a continuing complex emergency

Munsaka, Edson; Charnley, Helen

doi:10.1080/09687599.2013.802221

Cited by 24 publications

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“…Unfortunately these services cannot be accessed by communities in remote areas due to lack of road infrastructure. This situation can be attributed to government discriminatory policies, such as withholding food aid during election times, and general lack of development to the district (Munsaka and Charnley 2013;Currey 2009;Tremmel et al 1994).…”

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Exploring the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Gender Roles and HIV/AIDS Among Tonga Carers of Disabled Children of Binga in Zimbabwe

Muderedzi

Eide

Braathen

et al. 2019

Sexuality & Culture

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Many people are reluctant to access voluntary counselling and testing services for fear of stigma and the implications of death often associated with a positive HIV diagnosis. This study however noted how Tonga females residing in Binga, one of Zimbabwe's poorest and most food insecure districts, were eager for an HIV positive result in order to secure food handouts from Non-Governmental Organisations. Using a conceptual framework developed by Weiser and colleagues for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS linkages, this paper explored the relationship between food insecurity, gender roles and HIV/ AIDS. Qualitative in-depth interviews, participant observation and focus group discussions were conducted with 53 caregivers and four healthcare personnel. Data were analysed using content analysis. The findings show the interrelationship between food insecurity, gender roles and HIV/AIDS entwined in a vicious cycle that heightens vulnerability to and worsens the severity of each condition. The findings from this study can help in informing policy interventions geared towards HIV/ AIDS, gender inequality and food insecurity.

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Gender Roles and HIV/AIDS Among Tonga Carers of Disabled Children of Binga in Zimbabwe

Muderedzi

Eide

Braathen

et al. 2019

Sexuality & Culture

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“…The fourth domain, attitudes of others, has also been identified as a barrier to participation of person with disabilities [4,7,21]. The fifth and final domain encompasses services, systems and policies across a range of areas such as education, housing, health, labour, transport and basic services.…”

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confidence: 99%

Factors related to environmental barriers experienced by persons with and without disabilities in diverse African settings

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This paper explores differences in experienced environmental barriers between individuals with and without disabilities and the impact of additional factors on experienced environmental barriers. Data was collected in 2011–2012 by means of a two-stage cluster sampling and comprised 400–500 households in different sites in South Africa, Sudan Malawi and Namibia. Data were collected through self-report survey questionnaires. In addition to descriptive statistics and simple statistical tests a structural equation model was developed and tested. The combined file comprised 9,307 participants. The Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors was used to assess the level of environmental barriers. Transportation, the natural environment and access to health care services created the biggest barriers. An exploratory factor analysis yielded support for a one component solution for environmental barriers. A scale was constructed by adding the items together and dividing by number of items, yielding a range from one to five with five representing the highest level of environmental barriers and one the lowest. An overall mean value of 1.51 was found. Persons with disabilities scored 1.66 and persons without disabilities 1.36 (F = 466.89, p < .001). Bivariate regression analyses revealed environmental barriers to be higher among rural respondents, increasing with age and severity of disability, and lower for those with a higher level of education and with better physical and mental health. Gender had an impact only among persons without disabilities, where women report more barriers than men. Structural equation model analysis showed that socioeconomic status was significantly and negatively associated with environmental barriers. Activity limitation is significantly associated with environmental barriers when controlling for a number of other individual characteristics. Reducing barriers for the general population would go some way to reduce the impact of these for persons with activity limitations, but additional and specific adaptations will be required to ensure an inclusive society.

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“…While 'shifting frontiers and boundaries' were considered during 2011, in 2013 'global conflicts and crises' were explored. These special issues investigate the experience of people with disability during times of disaster and conflict in the context of the invisibility and vulnerability of people with disability (Miles 2013;Mirza 2011;Rohwerder 2013), the experience of refugees and those seeking to cross borders (Kim 2011;Mirza 2011;Soldatic 2013;Straimer 2011) and, finally, the importance of advocacy and increasing the voice of disabled people (Aldersey 2013;Arenas Conejo 2011;Burton, Sayrafi, and Srour 2013;Loja, Costa, and Menezes 2011;Munsaka and Charnley 2013;Wehbi 2011). However, the topic of the Internet and social media and their role in disaster communications is not addressed.…”

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People with disability and new disaster communications: access and the social media mash-up

Kent

Ellis

2015

Disability & Society

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This article explores how a lack of access to increasingly complex and overlapping digital communications platforms in times of disaster for people with disabilities has the potential to make already life-threatening situations considerably more dangerous. As we are increasingly coming to rely on a social media mash-up of digital platforms to assist in communications during disaster situations, the issue of accessibility for people with disabilities is as dire as if it was high ground during a tsunami or transport during a typhoon. The contemporary social media environment is characterised by a complex and overlapping network of complementary platforms, populated by user-generated content, where people communicate and exchange ideas. In this environment, YouTube videos are posted to Facebook and embedded in blogs, and Twitter is used to link to these other sites and is itself embedded in other platforms. These networks are increasingly supplementing and supplanting more traditional communication platforms, such as the television and radio, particularly in times of disaster. The concern of this paper is that the elements from which this mash-up of communications channels is made are not always accessible to people with disabilities. This evolving network of social media-based communication exposes the limits of existing Internet-based universal design.

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‘We do not have chiefs who are disabled’: disability, development and culture in a continuing complex emergency

Cited by 24 publications

References 33 publications

Exploring the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Gender Roles and HIV/AIDS Among Tonga Carers of Disabled Children of Binga in Zimbabwe

Exploring the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Gender Roles and HIV/AIDS Among Tonga Carers of Disabled Children of Binga in Zimbabwe

Factors related to environmental barriers experienced by persons with and without disabilities in diverse African settings

People with disability and new disaster communications: access and the social media mash-up

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