Disability-friendly healthcare at public health facilities in Bangladesh: a mixed-method study to explore the existing situation.

Autor: Torsha N; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), House: B120, Road: 07, New DOHS, Mohakhali, 1206, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Rahman FN; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), House: B120, Road: 07, New DOHS, Mohakhali, 1206, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Hossain MS; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), House: B120, Road: 07, New DOHS, Mohakhali, 1206, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Chowdhury HA; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), House: B120, Road: 07, New DOHS, Mohakhali, 1206, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Kim M; United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), UNICEF house, Plot E#30, Syed Mahbub Morshed Avenue, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Rahman SMM; Non-communicable Diseases Control Program, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Mohakhali, 1212, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Rahman AKMF; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), House: B120, Road: 07, New DOHS, Mohakhali, 1206, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Rahman A; Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), House: B120, Road: 07, New DOHS, Mohakhali, 1206, Dhaka, Bangladesh. aminur@ciprb.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2022 Sep 20; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 1178. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 20.
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08538-6
Abstrakt: Background: Several strategies and policies are being implemented in Bangladesh to address the healthcare needs of people with disabilities, who comprise about 10% of the country's total population. However, these measures are not adequate to provide accessible or friendly healthcare to the people with disabilities. This study aimed to explore the disability-friendliness of healthcare facilities, and the challenges of people with disabilities in terms of access to 1) information and communication, 2) access to infrastructure, and 3) providers' capacity in Bangladesh.
Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed-method study was conducted, including a cross-sectional survey of healthcare facilities, followed by structured-interview with people with disabilities and healthcare managers, and qualitative interviews among people with disabilities or their caregivers, healthcare providers (HCPs), policymakers, and community leaders. Data were collected from 150 public healthcare (primary-to-tertiary) facilities and from 300 people with disabilities in 16 districts across Bangladesh between January-December 2019. An observational checklist and structured questionnaires were used to assess the situation of healthcare facilities, and literature-guided guidelines were used for qualitative interviews. During analysis, the disability-friendliness of healthcare facilities were quantified through a scoring system, and thematic analysis of qualitative data was performed to identify the challenges of implementing disability-friendly healthcare (DFHC).
Results: The score for providing DFHC was low across all the four objectives in the healthcare facilities. The highest score (mean percentage) was observed in the infrastructure domain: 29.3 ± 20.5, followed by communication: 18.2 ± 4.8, and information: 14.6 ± 6.22, and the lowest (0.93 ± 7.1) score was for capacity of the HCPs to provide DFHC. Mean percentage scores for access to 13 infrastructure points were low, and extremely low scores were found in areas such as access to elevators (5.6 ± 5.0), ticket counters (7.3 ± 17.7) and toilets (10.6 ± 9.3). Furthermore, about 59.1% of people with disabilities expressed dissatisfaction regarding access to information and communication. The majority (98.2%) recommended that training of HCPs can improve the situation.
Conclusion: This study revealed that most of the public health facilities in Bangladesh were not disability-friendly. Findings can inform development of a national disability-friendly policy with implementation guidelines.
(© 2022. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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