Parents’ and Professionals’ Perceptions on Causes and Treatment Options for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a Multicultural Context on the Kenyan Coast

• Joseph K. Gona ,

  * E-mail: jgona@kemri-wellcome.org

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230–80108, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Charles R. Newton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Charles R. Newton, Fons J. R. Van de Vijver, Amina Abubakar

  Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230–80108, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Kenneth Rimba ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230–80108, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Rachel Mapenzi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230–80108, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Michael Kihara ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230–80108, Kilifi, Kenya, Psychology Department, United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Fons J. R. Van de Vijver ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Charles R. Newton, Fons J. R. Van de Vijver, Amina Abubakar

  Affiliation Department of Culture Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

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• Amina Abubakar

  Contributed equally to this work with: Charles R. Newton, Fons J. R. Van de Vijver, Amina Abubakar

  Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 230–80108, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Culture Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

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