Identifying environmental barriers to participation: Usability of a health ‐literacy informed problem‐identification approach for parents of young children with developmental disabilities

ConclusionsThis study suggests that parents with a range of background characteristics can use a structured, environment‐focused problem‐identification approach. With the approach, parents are more likely to attribute participation challenges to environmental barriers and adopt a problem‐solving orientation focused on changes to the community and policy context.Key Messages In this study, the structured, environment‐focused problem‐identification approach led parents to identify additional environmental barriers, particularly policy barriers, which they did not consider during independent problem identification. Parents with previous exposure to professionals who helped identify and resolve environmental barriers to their children's participation may most benefit from the structured, environment‐focused problem‐identification approach. Parents' ability to attribute participation restrictions to environmental barriers is linked to parents' orientation to solving participation challenges using community and policy level solutions.
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research