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- Title
Cerebral palsy in Ibadan, Nigeria.
- Authors
Nottidge, Vidal A.; Okogbo, Michael E.; Nottidge, V A; Okogbo, M E
- Abstract
In a three-year study of cerebral palsy (CP), CP accounted for 16.2 per cent of new referrals to a child neurology clinic. 63 per cent of these had potentially preventable causes (not including intracranial infections), associated with chronic shortage of care personnel and inadequate finances for effective rehabilitation services. It is suggested that training and deployment of nurse-physiotherapists, combined with intensive health education, is a feasible solution to the problem.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; CROSS-sectional method; DISEASE incidence; MEDICAL referrals; DEVELOPING countries; CEREBRAL palsy; NEUROLOGIC examination; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1991, Vol 33, Issue 3, p241
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1991.tb05113.x