Unreported and unaddressed: Students with disabilities experience of school violence in Zambia
African Journal of Disability
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Unreported and unaddressed: Students with disabilities experience of school violence in Zambia | |
| Creator | Njelesani, Janet Si, Jessica Swarm, Drake | |
| Description | Background: Violence against school children is a prevalent global issue. Despite the high prevalence of school violence in Zambia, there is limited research on students with disabilities’ experiences of school violence.Objectives: Guided by the socio-ecological model for bullying, the aim of this study was to understand students with disabilities’ experiences of school violence in the Lusaka and Southern provinces of Zambia.Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted with 14 purposively sampled boys (n = 6) and girls (n = 8) with disabilities. Data were generated using semi-structured interviews and child-friendly methods. Child-friendly methods were co-constructed with Zambian youth with disabilities in order to ensure cultural appropriateness and included vignettes, cartoon captioning, photograph elicitation, drawings, and sentence starters. Qualitative data were analysed by thematic analysis.Results: The themes illuminated that violence against students with disabilities occurs frequently but goes unaddressed. Moreover, students with disabilities were being blamed for causing the violence, and therefore, considered a risk to others. Participants reported that they turn to trusted teachers for support.Conclusion: This study illuminates the violence students with disabilities experience within the Zambian education system, with implications for school policies and programmes, peer education, and teacher training to create a safer education environment for students with disabilities. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2022-03-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.849 | |
| Source | African Journal of Disability; Vol 11 (2022); 7 pages 2226-7220 2223-9170 | |
| Language | eng | |
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