Accessibility of Health Services for People with Disability in Saint Peter General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2020-11
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This study attempted to assess accessibility of health services for people with disability in Saint Peter
General Hospital at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Unavailability of enough medical services and physical
facilities for people with disabilities in the target study area was the main problem of the study which
inspired the researcher to do this study. The objective of the study is to assess an accessibility of health
services for people with disability in Saint Peter General Hospital at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. In the
research, descriptive design was basically used. People with disabilities who visited the hospital since
January to February 2020 were the main sources of data of the study in addition to observation and
secondary data. Questionnaire, observation and document assessment techniques were used to collect
data. The data of this study was analyzed using quantitative and observational methods. Sixty-two
patients with disabilities participated in this study as respondents with mean age of 37.9 years. The
study reveals that 47% of roads and 65% of the rest rooms in the hospital were not accessible for person
with disability. Besides, the study also depicted that 66% of people with disability who visited the
hospital faced barriers and 74% of the study population were not satisfied with the service they received.
The study also identified as there is limited medical person trained on disability related trainings and no
non-medical staffs trained so far, no budget allocated for service accessibility, no designated staff who
supports person with disability while visiting the hospital. To fill these gaps, the hospital needs to
evaluate its current physical facilities and medical services and has to be reorganized these aspects to
ease medical service access for patients with disabilities.
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Disability, Accessibility, Barriers, People with visual disability, People with mobility disability and People with hearing and speaking disabilities