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Public Awareness of and Attitudes toward Cerebral Palsy in a Nation‐Wide Adult Population
Author(s) -
SILLANPÄÄ M. L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11391.x
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , medicine , population , meaning (existential) , public education , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychology , environmental health , economic growth , economics , psychotherapist
. Of 1200 people randomly sampled from the total Finnish population, cerebral palsy was known to 95.4% and its meaning to 60.7%. Nine of ten (88.4%) would let their children play with a child suffering from cerebral palsy. A total of 48% stated that they would, other circumstances being equal, hire persons with cerebral palsy. Half (47.5%) of the subjects regarded it as possible and a further 28.0% as fully possible for individuals with cerebral palsy to make and maintain a family of their own. A good knowledge of cerebral palsy was independently related to a good basic education, age of more than 24 years, female sex and Finnish as native language. A positive attitude toward people with cerebral palsy was independently related to Finnish as native language and a good basic education. A good knowledge of cerebral palsy fostered a positive attitude toward people with this disease.