MacLachlan, Malcolm and McVeigh, Joanne and Cooke, Michael and Ferri, Delia and Holloway, Catherine and Austin, Victoria and Javadi, Dena
(2018)
Intersections Between Systems Thinking and Market
Shaping for Assistive Technology: The SMART
(Systems-Market for Assistive and Related
Technologies) Thinking Matrix.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (12).
pp. 1-15.
ISSN 1661-7827
Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aspire to “leave no-one behind”.
Universal access to assistive products is a critical link between the realization of the SDGs and
those most likely to be left behind. However, assistive technology provision in many countries,
particularly low- and middle-income countries, has traditionally been conducted through small-scale
local providers, manufacturing products of varying degrees of quality at a limited price range.
An effective way to scale these production and provision enterprises to the required level is
needed to close the gap between available and required assistive technology. We argue that better
access to assistive technology will only be realized through the adoption of a far stronger systems
thinking and market shaping approach. We undertook a rapid literature review to explore the
relationship between market shaping and assistive technology. Based on our review, we present an
emergent framework for conceptualizing intersections between systems thinking and market shaping
for assistive technology—the SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies)
Thinking Matrix.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
systems thinking; market shaping; assistive technology; assistive products; resource poor
settings; low- and middle-income countries; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
11704 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122627 |
| Depositing User: |
Malcolm MacLachlan
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Nov 2019 11:33 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Publisher: |
MDPI |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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