Femke Bannink Mbazzi
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6589436 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Femke Bannink Mbazzi |
| PRENOMES | Femke Bannink |
| SOBRENOME | Mbazzi |
| ASSINATURA | MBAZZI F B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6436-3431 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Engaging community groups to enhance healthcare access for persons with disabilities in rural Uganda
Community participation is a promising strategy for addressing local health needs through identification of context-specific challenges and developing sustainable solutions. However, its feasibility for persons with disabilities, who are often marginalized and excluded from participation, remains uncertain. Our study examines barriers and facilitators to community group participation in improving healthcare access for persons with disabilities in…
Left behind in primary healthcare
People with disabilities, who make up 1.3 billion globally, frequently face systemic exclusion from healthcare due to a range of barriers. This qualitative study explored the healthcare access experiences of 30 adults with disabilities in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia, aiming to identify barriers, facilitators, and context-driven solutions. Both purposive and snowball sampling was conducted to identify participants. In-depth interviews were conducted …
Participatory research with youth with disabilities
Lessons learned from youth involvement in a disability inclusive research programme, focused on education and employment in 7 African countries
Selection of a classroom observation tool for disability inclusion in Uganda
The selection of a classroom observation tool for the Obuntu Bulamu randomised control trial contributed to African disability knowledge and practices designed on and for the continent
Adapting and pilot testing a tool to assess the accessibility of primary health facilities for people with disabilities in Luuka District, Uganda
Overall accessibility scores were low, with many opportunities for low-cost improvement at the facility level. We did not identify any issues with the implementation of the tool, suggesting few further adaptations are required for its future use in this setting
“Right now we are scared of each other, we fear everyone, the whole world has Covid”
In 2020–2021 the COVID-19 pandemic led to multiple and diverse global public health response strategies globally and in Uganda to slow the spread of the virus by promoting wearing face coverings in public, frequent hand washing, physical distancing, restricting travel, and imposing home lockdowns. We conducted 146 interviews over four rounds of phone-follow up calls over 15 months with 125 young female sex workers coinciding in time with four dif…
Obuntu bulamu
The paper contributes to existing evidence that there is need for more Afrocentric interventions, which built on cultural values and practices. Interventions based on indigenous values have a greater potential to be acceptable, can foster integration and are likely to be more sustainability to achieve disability inclusion. In the article we describe parental perspectives of the Obuntu bulamu intervention, an intervention to improve inclusion of c…
The impact of Covid-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda
To understand the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on families of children with disabilities in Central Uganda we conducted phone interviews with parents and children during the first 5 months of the outbreak (March -July 2020). Most parents and children were well informed about COVID-19 and were keen to adhere to government prevention measures. The majority said lock-down measures had a negative effect on their mental and physical h…
Repeat] testing and counseling is one of the key [services] that the government should continue providing”
ClinicalTrials.gov registration number NCT01882998, date of registration 21st June 2013
Social inclusion, care and belonging of children with spina bifida
This study presents a situation analysis on daily functioning, caregiving, and inclusion of children with spina bifida in Uganda. 139 children with spina bifida and their families from 4 regions in Uganda participated in this study. Findings show how a complex play of cultural values, globalization and access to biomedical care determines knowledge, and negative attitudes about, and perception of children with spina bifida. Families and private n…
Social inclusion, care and belonging of children with spina bifida
This study presents a situation analysis on daily functioning, caregiving, and inclusion of children with spina bifida in Uganda. 139 children with spina bifida and their families from 4 regions in Uganda participated in this study. Findings show how a complex play of cultural values, globalization and access to biomedical care determines knowledge, and negative attitudes about, and perception of children with spina bifida. Families and private n…
Parental stress and support of parents of children with spina bifida in Uganda
Parents of children with spina bifida experience high levels of stress. To reduce this stress, rehabilitation services should focus on improving mobility. Advocacy to reduce stigmatisation and peer support networks also need to be strengthened and developed
I Like to Play with My Friends”
This paper describes experiences of living and belonging from the perspectives of Ugandan children with spina bifida and their siblings and parents. We explored belonging at micro, meso and macro level taking into consideration African Childhood Disability Studies, central concepts of family, cultural conceptions of disability, poverty, and the notion of ‘ubuntu’, and using child-friendly culturally adjusted interview methods including play. Whil…
The impact of Covid-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda
To understand the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on families of children with disabilities in Central Uganda we conducted phone interviews with parents and children during the first 5 months of the outbreak (March -July 2020). Most parents and children were well informed about COVID-19 and were keen to adhere to government prevention measures. The majority said lock-down measures had a negative effect on their mental and physical h…
Parental stress and support of parents of children with spina bifida in Uganda
Parents of children with spina bifida experience high levels of stress. To reduce this stress, rehabilitation services should focus on improving mobility. Advocacy to reduce stigmatisation and peer support networks also need to be strengthened and developed
I Like to Play with My Friends”
This paper describes experiences of living and belonging from the perspectives of Ugandan children with spina bifida and their siblings and parents. We explored belonging at micro, meso and macro level taking into consideration African Childhood Disability Studies, central concepts of family, cultural conceptions of disability, poverty, and the notion of ‘ubuntu’, and using child-friendly culturally adjusted interview methods including play. Whil…
Social inclusion, care and belonging of children with spina bifida
This study presents a situation analysis on daily functioning, caregiving, and inclusion of children with spina bifida in Uganda. 139 children with spina bifida and their families from 4 regions in Uganda participated in this study. Findings show how a complex play of cultural values, globalization and access to biomedical care determines knowledge, and negative attitudes about, and perception of children with spina bifida. Families and private n…
Social inclusion, care and belonging of children with spina bifida
This study presents a situation analysis on daily functioning, caregiving, and inclusion of children with spina bifida in Uganda. 139 children with spina bifida and their families from 4 regions in Uganda participated in this study. Findings show how a complex play of cultural values, globalization and access to biomedical care determines knowledge, and negative attitudes about, and perception of children with spina bifida. Families and private n…
Repeat] testing and counseling is one of the key [services] that the government should continue providing”
ClinicalTrials.gov registration number NCT01882998, date of registration 21st June 2013
The impact of Covid-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda
To understand the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on families of children with disabilities in Central Uganda we conducted phone interviews with parents and children during the first 5 months of the outbreak (March -July 2020). Most parents and children were well informed about COVID-19 and were keen to adhere to government prevention measures. The majority said lock-down measures had a negative effect on their mental and physical h…
“Right now we are scared of each other, we fear everyone, the whole world has Covid”
In 2020–2021 the COVID-19 pandemic led to multiple and diverse global public health response strategies globally and in Uganda to slow the spread of the virus by promoting wearing face coverings in public, frequent hand washing, physical distancing, restricting travel, and imposing home lockdowns. We conducted 146 interviews over four rounds of phone-follow up calls over 15 months with 125 young female sex workers coinciding in time with four dif…
Obuntu bulamu
The paper contributes to existing evidence that there is need for more Afrocentric interventions, which built on cultural values and practices. Interventions based on indigenous values have a greater potential to be acceptable, can foster integration and are likely to be more sustainability to achieve disability inclusion. In the article we describe parental perspectives of the Obuntu bulamu intervention, an intervention to improve inclusion of c…
Participatory research with youth with disabilities
Lessons learned from youth involvement in a disability inclusive research programme, focused on education and employment in 7 African countries
Selection of a classroom observation tool for disability inclusion in Uganda
The selection of a classroom observation tool for the Obuntu Bulamu randomised control trial contributed to African disability knowledge and practices designed on and for the continent
Adapting and pilot testing a tool to assess the accessibility of primary health facilities for people with disabilities in Luuka District, Uganda
Overall accessibility scores were low, with many opportunities for low-cost improvement at the facility level. We did not identify any issues with the implementation of the tool, suggesting few further adaptations are required for its future use in this setting
Engaging community groups to enhance healthcare access for persons with disabilities in rural Uganda
Community participation is a promising strategy for addressing local health needs through identification of context-specific challenges and developing sustainable solutions. However, its feasibility for persons with disabilities, who are often marginalized and excluded from participation, remains uncertain. Our study examines barriers and facilitators to community group participation in improving healthcare access for persons with disabilities in…
Left behind in primary healthcare
People with disabilities, who make up 1.3 billion globally, frequently face systemic exclusion from healthcare due to a range of barriers. This qualitative study explored the healthcare access experiences of 30 adults with disabilities in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia, aiming to identify barriers, facilitators, and context-driven solutions. Both purposive and snowball sampling was conducted to identify participants. In-depth interviews were conducted …
Medicine (11 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Developmental psychology (5 obras) · Disability Rights and Representation (5 obras) · Family and Disability Support Research (5 obras) · Nursing (5 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 obras) · Inclusion (mineral (4 obras)