Diversity training for health professionals: Preparedness to competently address intellectual disability in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Mario R
dc.contributor.authorPapadakis, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorMunnik, Erica
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T09:20:03Z
dc.date.available2023-04-17T09:20:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractDiversity training for health professionals in South Africa has traditionally been conceptualized as differences in gender, race or ethnicity, culture and sexual orientation. More recently physical disability and mental illness was included as a dimension. Intellectual disabilities received lip service as a diversity concern. This paper reports on health professionals’ perceptions of the extent to which diversity training prepared them to competently deal with intellectual disabilities. This explorative study included a purposive sample of 18 health care professionals experienced in intellectual disability services. Two focus groups were facilitated over three sessions. Transcripts were analysed thematically. Health professionals felt inadequately prepared to consider intellectual disabilities as a diversity issue. They could not effectively advocate for reasonable accommodation. There was a differential familiarity with issues related to diversity and intellectual disability with profession constituting an additional intersecting dimension of diversity. Health professions did not perceive their diversity training to prepare them to deal competently with intellectual disabilities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSmith, M. R. et al. (2023). Diversity training for health professionals: Preparedness to competently address intellectual disability in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 27(1), 24–39. 10.1177/17446295211050468en_US
dc.identifier.issn1744-6309
dc.identifier.uri10.1177/17446295211050468
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8816
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectIntellectual disabilityen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectHealth professionalsen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectWestern Capeen_US
dc.titleDiversity training for health professionals: Preparedness to competently address intellectual disability in the Western Cape Province, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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