Disability and rehabilitation: beliefs and attitudes among rural disabled people in a community based rehabilitation scheme in Zimbabwe.

This study aimed to examine beliefs about the attitudes to disability and rehabilitation amongst rural people on a Red Cross Community Based Rehabilitation programme in Gutu District, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. A small sample was used, and 56% of respondents blamed traditional causal agents for disability in the family (witchcraft and spirits), 33% blamed God and only a small minority blamed natural causes. There was no correlation, however, between expressed belief in a causal agent and the type of help sought (traditional or medical), or whether that help was valued.-from Authors