Rapid health impact assessment of COVID-19 on families with children with disabilities living in low-income communities in Lusaka, Zambia.

Introduction: Worldwide, children with disabilities are a vulnerable population and at high risk for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. There is little information on the impact that COVID-19 had on children with disabilities and their families, particularly in low-income settings. This assessment describes the extent to which the pandemic impacted seven indicators of well-being in three low-income communities in Lusaka, Zambia.

Using community-based interventions to reduce public stigma of children with disabilities: A feasibility study.

Background: Public stigma, or negative community-held beliefs, about children with disabilities (CWDs) often leads to negative outcomes for CWD and their families. This study considers the effectiveness of four community-level interventions to reduce public stigma in two Lusaka, Zambia communities.

Methods: This feasibility study describes four community-based interventions to provide education to consider whether perceptions of attitudes and stigma towards CWD changed after implementing four educational interventions.

Community-based intervention to reduce stigma for children with disabilities in Lusaka, Zambia: a pilot.

Purpose: This pilot intervention aims to reduce stigma towards children with disabilities living in family-based care.

Materials And Methods: Kusamala + is a pre-post evaluation of a pilot community-based intervention in two low-income compounds in Lusaka, Zambia. Door-to-door canvassing and community referrals were used to identify and enroll children with disabilities.