Sarah Quiñones|Tia Palermo|Tumpe Mnyawami Lukongo|Paul Luchemba|Respichius Mitti|Karen Devries|Richard de Groot|Atif Khurshid|Hannah Kuper
Disability status and multi-dimensional personal well-being among adolescents in the Southern Highlands Region of Tanzania: results of a cross-sectional study
Environmental Health|University at Buffalo, State University of New York|Environmental Health|University at Buffalo, State University of New York|Tanzania Social Action Fund|Tanzania Social Action Fund|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|United Nations Children's Fund India|United Nations Children's Fund Cameroon|United Nations Children's Fund Kosovo|United Nations Children's Fund Niger|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
objective examine disability status among adolescents associated following domains personal wellbeing schooling livelihoods health violence psychosocial wellbeing hypothesised adolescents disability greater deficits areas wellbeing compared healthier counterparts design crosssectional data 2018 obtained second round ongoing study adolescents living poor households two regions southern highlands tanzania iringa mbeya use washington group wg short set indicators measure disability undertook logistic linear multivariate regressions understand association disability outcomes interest participants sample included 2274 participants aged 1520 years living households participating government social protection programme targeted households living extreme poverty results overall 310 participants 14 classified disabilities outcomes associated disability status included literacy schooling livelihoods selfefficacy adolescents disabilities less likely report good good health adjusted aor039 95 ci 029 052 increased odds reporting depressive symptoms aor146 95 ci 111 190 emotional violence aor218 95 ci 149 320 physical violence aor171 95 ci 113 259 compared without disabilities reports depression higher among men violence prevalent among women patterns association generally similar men women although association disability markers wellbeing reached statistical significance often among men conclusion study highlights areas adolescents disabilities falling behind peers terms personal wellbeing findings suggest interventions may needed mainstream disability programmes policies aiming improve wellbeing mental health violence prevention among adolescents trial registration number pan african clinical trial registry pactr201804003008116