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Participatory Action Research with Disabled Adolescents in Nepal (PARDAN) to develop methods and materials to understand their experience of COVID-19

Project Summary

Intersecting vulnerabilities of disability, low socio-economic status, marginalisation and age indicate that adolescents with disabilities are likely to be uniquely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Yet, there has been limited research from low-and middle-income countries about the effect of the pandemic on adolescents with disabilities.

In order to capture their experience, it is important that they participate in the design of tools and methods to collect data. 

We will conduct participatory action research in two rural areas of Nepal to:

  1. Understand how the pandemic has affected adolescents with disabilities and their families.
  2. Develop peer-research methods and tools with adolescents with disabilities to increase their participation in research

Participants will pilot these tools and inform the development of training materials to increase the participation of adolescents with disabilities in research about current and future public health emergencies.


Key Project Information

Dates: 1st February 2021 to 31st January 2022

Principal Investigator: Dr Joanna Morrison

Partners: Institute of Development Studies Sussex, Kathmandu University, Diverse Patterns

Location: Nepal

Funding: Arts and Humanities Research Council

Contact: Joanna Morrison: joanna.morrison@ucl.ac.uk 

Research Team

UCL 

Dr Joanna Morrison

Ms Sara Wong

Kathmandu University

Dr Niraj Poudyal
Mr Dipesh Khadka

Diverse Patterns

Mr Sagar Prasain

IDS Sussex

Dr Mary Wickenden
Ms Brigitte Rohwerder


Resources

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Publications

Adolescents with disabilities and caregivers experience of COVID-19 in rural Nepal (2023) 

Describing adolescents with disabilities’ experiences of COVID-19 and other humanitarian emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review (2022) 

Understanding how children and young people with disabilities experience COVID-19 and humanitarian emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol.

Research brief


A hearing impaired boy sits with a researcher outside his house with a sign language translator in rural Nepal.