Mothers' perception of cerebral palsy in a low-income country of West Africa: a cross-sectional study.

There is a need in Benin, and probably in West-African LMICs generally, to shift to a family-centered care system and to inform the public about the root causes of CP to improve social integration of children with CP and decrease the negative impact on their families.Implication for rehabilitationMothers with a limited education level are more likely to report non-biomedical causes of CP in this LMIC;mothers' level of education and non-biomedical beliefs of causes of CP are associated to a high impact of caregiving on family life in this LMIC;mothers of children with CP in this LMIC do not perceive health-workers helpful.