Caregiver Experience of Pediatric Disability in Urban Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Evaluation

Caregiver Experience of Pediatric Disability in Urban Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Evaluation

This qualitative study aims to better understand caregivers’ experience when raising a child with developmental disability. It explores cultural beliefs, systems issues and personal needs that may be impacting successful caregiving to young children with disabilities, as well as resilience factors that could improve longer-term outcomes. The goal of this study is to identify factors that will be used to develop interventions and educational programs tailored to the Zimbabwe context.

Collaborators

Susanne Martin Herz

MNCH Title
Professor
Primary Affiliation
University of California San Francisco

Louisa Mudawarima

MNCH Title
Pediatrician; Lecturer
Primary Affiliation
University of Zimbabwe Medicine and Health Sciences
Funder
UCSF
Key Partners
University of Zimbabwe
Kapnek