The prevalence of childhood disability and related medical diagnosis in Clarendon Jamaica
West Indian med. j
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41(1): 8-11, Mar. 1992.
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In a population-based survey in a defined area in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, the prevalence of six types of childhood disabilities was sought. All children aged 2-9 years who screened positive for disability, with 8 per cent of children screening negative (out of a total of 5,468 children), were assessed by a physician and a psychologist. Disabilities were categorised by types and levels of severity. The estimated prevalence rate for all types and levels of disabilities was 93.9 per 1,000 children and for serious disability was 24.9 per 1,000. The rates for specific disabilities showed wide variation (cognitive, 81/1,000; speech, 14/1,000; visual, 11/1,000; hearing, 9/1,000; motor, 4/1,000; seizure, 2/1000). Of the disabled children, 70 per cent had only one disability, 23 per cent had two and 6 per cent had three or four disabilities. If disability is to be seen as a major outcome of a range of interacting factors, then these prevalence rates, taken with the specific aetiologies, would provide a framework for planning preventive and rehabilitative interventions.
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Main subject:
Disabled Persons
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Disability Evaluation
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
English Caribbean
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Jamaica
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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