The study aimed at investigating facilitators’ engagement in advocacy towards inclusion of adults with disabilities in the literacy training program in the Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia. A mixed-methods approach with the explanatory sequential design was employed. The study involved a sample of 214 facilitators by using stratifying random sampling technique. A Likert-type scale questionnaire was administered to the facilitators with a response rate of 98.6% (N = 211). In addition, a total of 13 respondents (3 principals, 3 supervisors, 3 adults with disabilities, and 4 experts) were selected purposively for interview based on their active participation in the program. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 23, while the qualitative data were analyzed using narrative analysis. The results from both the quantitative and qualitative strands revealed that facilitators are engaged in advocacy services by providing awareness-raising training to speak up about them, by sensitizing the community, by working collaboratively with the colleagues and the local government to make the training environment accessible to all adults. Pearson’s correlation coefficient for providing an awareness-raising training (r (211) = 0.683 ∗∗ , p < 0.01 ), working collaboratively with colleagues (r (211) = 0.754 ∗∗ , p < 0.01 ), working collaboratively with the local governments (r (211) = 0.766 ∗∗ , p < 0.01 ), and participating in the community sensitization programs (r (211) 0.821 ∗∗ , p < 0.01 ) showed that the items are statistically significant and positively correlated.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effects of Demographic Characteristics on the Facilitators’ Attitudes and Engagement in Advocacy towards the Inclusion of Adults with Disabilities in the Literacy Training Program in the Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia. To this end, the explanatory sequential design of a mixed research method was used. The study involved 224 respondents and among these 214 facilitators were selected by stratifying sampling technique to fill the questionnaire and a total of 13 principals, supervisors, adults with disabilities, and literacy training program experts were selected by purposive sampling technique for interview. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The quantitative data were analyzed through SPSS version 23 and presented by Step-wise regression while the qualitative data were analyzed by word-by-word narrative analysis. The results from both quantitative and qualitative data revealed that their educational qualifications had slight effects on the facilitators’ attitudes and engagement in advocacy towards the inclusion of adults with disabilities in the literacy training program; while the other demographic characteristics had no effects. Finally, the different challenging factors within the training centers that tend to shape the facilitators’ attitudes and their engagement in advocacy differently regarding patience, tolerance, and accommodation would be researched.
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