Engaging community groups to enhance healthcare access for persons with disabilities in rural Uganda: A qualitative exploration.

ABSTRACT: 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 Uganda. Semi-structured interviews with 27 purposively selected persons with disabilities in Luuka district, Eastern Uganda were undertaken between September and November 2022. Questions were asked about participation in existing groups and interest in joining community groups for persons with disabilities to improve healthcare access. All intervi

SUBMITTER: Ssemata AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11957358 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature