Knowledge on cerebral
palsy among health care professionals is low compared to other disabilities, Dr
Kwame Sakyi, Director of the Centre for Learning and Childhood Development said
on Saturday
He said a survey conducted among health care professionals show
that only about 35 per cent of health care professionals understands and are
able to manage cerebral palsy.
Dr Sakyi said this at an Information seminar organized by
the Special Mothers Project an advocacy and awareness creation programme on
cerebral palsy for parents of children with cerebral palsy.
He therefore called for training of more health care
professionals on the condition to lessen the burden of managing the condition
on parents
He also suggested that health care professionals consider
the inputs of parents on how the condition is managed to make it the management
of cerebral palsy more efficient for both sides.
Dr Sakyi who is also an Assistant Professor at Oakland
University further announced that his organization is in the process of
developing a database on children with developmental delays to make it easy for
policy makers to take concrete decisions on the condition.
He said they will also develop a system that makes it easy
for health care professional to refer parents to the appropriate services,
explaining that the referral system make
it even more frustrating for parents since they are scattered
Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Executive Director of the Special Mothers
Project, noted that the project is concerned about the emotional and
psychological well being of especially mothers.
“We do not oppose medical intervention; however, we want to
make it easier for parents to manage the condition”
She called on parents to get and board and help create
support systems that make the lives of families raising children with cerebral
palsy a bit easier.
Mr Prince Osei-Wusu, a research official of CLCD took
parents through some of the issues they encountered in the course of the
research.
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