Alternative Explanations for Disability: Inspiring patient-centered care among healthcare practitioners through the arts

对残疾的另类解释：通过艺术激发医疗保健从业者以患者为中心的护理

• 批准号: AH/Y000595/1
• 负责人: Charlotte Baker
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Lancaster University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FY000595%2F1
• 关键词: Alternative; Explanations; Disability; Inspiring; patient

The proposed project builds on the finding of the Disability and Inclusion Africa (DIA) project that many health practitioners in sub-Saharan Africa have little understanding of the complexity of living with disability and that the alternative explanations for disability highlighted by the DIA project are not sufficiently understood. These 'alternative explanations' include assumptions and misconceptions, medical determinist, and religious or supernatural beliefs.Discourses of disability are often created by medical professionals, social scientists or development agencies, and most often in the global north, quite removed from the daily realities of disabled persons. These discourses are embedded into healthcare systems and practices in sub-Saharan African contexts, where the focus is primarily on treating the specific medical condition or disability, rather than taking a more holistic patient-centered approach which recognizes the wider impact of beliefs and attitudes on disabled persons.This follow-on project engages applied theatre and creative writing to stimulate dialogue and reflection to enhance healthcare practitioners' understandings of the experience of being disabled in sub-Saharan African contexts. A series of workshops facilitated by theatre and creative writing practitioners will be held in Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa, bringing together disabled persons and healthcare practitioners to reflect on what it means to be disabled in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on the workshop discussions and outputs, the project team will work with Disabled Persons Organizations and trainers of healthcare practitioners to develop a Continuing Professional Development Resource for healthcare practitioners.By increasing awareness of the impact of these alternative explanations among health professionals, the project aims to inform their practice and inspire a more patient-centered approach.

拟议的项目建立在发现非洲的残疾和包容性项目的基础上，撒哈拉以南非洲的许多卫生从业人员对残疾人生活的复杂性几乎没有理解，而DIA项目强调的残疾人的替代解释尚未充分理解。这些“替代解释”包括假设和误解，医疗决定主义者以及宗教或超自然的信仰。这些话语嵌入了撒哈拉以南非洲环境中的医疗保健系统和实践中，其中重点是治疗特定的医疗状况或残疾，而不是采用更全面的患者中心的方法，从而认识到信念和态度对残障人士的更广泛影响，以增强对追随剧院的练习和创造性的练习。在撒哈拉以南非洲的情况下残疾。戏剧和创意写作从业人员促进的一系列讲习班将在尼日利亚，喀麦隆和南非举行，将残疾人和医疗保健从业人员聚集在一起，以反思在当代撒哈拉以南非洲的残疾人意义。在研讨会的讨论和成果上，项目团队将与残疾人组织和医疗保健从业人员的培训师合作，为医疗保健从业人员开发持续的专业发展资源。通过提高对这些替代性解释在医疗专业人员对这些替代解释的影响的认识，该项目的目标是为他们的实践和更具患者的方法提供启发。