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Community Support for Persons with Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

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  • Xanthe Hunt

    (Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa)

  • Melissa Bradshaw

    (Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa)

  • Steyn Lodewyk Vogel

    (Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa)

  • Alberto Vasquez Encalada

    (Center for Inclusive Policy, Washington, DC 20005, USA)

  • Shanice Eksteen

    (Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa)

  • Marguerite Schneider

    (Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa)

  • Kelly Chunga

    (Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa)

  • Leslie Swartz

    (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa)

Abstract

Over the life course, persons with disabilities require a range of supports to be integrated into their communities, to participate in activities that are meaningful and necessary, and to have access, on an equal basis to persons without disabilities, to community living. We conducted a scoping review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature on community support for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The main findings of this review concern the following: there are gaps in access to community support for persons with disabilities in LMICs; there are barriers to the provision of such support; formal and informal strategies and interventions for the provision of community support exist across the life cycle and different life domains, but evidence concerning their effectiveness and coverage is limited; and the role of community-based rehabilitation and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the assessment of needs for, and the development and provision of, community support, needs to be more clearly articulated. Research needs a more robust theory of change models with a focus on evaluating different aspects of complex interventions to allow for effective community support practices to be identified.

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  • Xanthe Hunt & Melissa Bradshaw & Steyn Lodewyk Vogel & Alberto Vasquez Encalada & Shanice Eksteen & Marguerite Schneider & Kelly Chunga & Leslie Swartz, 2022. "Community Support for Persons with Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-17, July.
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