Layton, Natasha and Smith, Emma M. and Battistella, linamara and Contepomi, Silvana and Gowran, Rosemary Joan and Kankipati, Padmaja and Macdonald, Rachael and Nleya, Cecilia and Ramos, Vinicius Delgado and Ríos-Rincón, Adriana M. and Hernandez, Maria Luisa Toro (2019) Measuring met and unmet assistive technology needs at the national level: Comparing national database collection tools across eight case countries. In: Global perspectives on assistive technology: proceedings of the GReAT Consultation 2019, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 22–23 August 2019. The GATE Initiative, World Health Organization, pp. 24-35. ISBN 9789241516853

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Abstract

The development and implementation of assistive technology policy that meets the needs of citizens is dependent on accurate data collection and reporting of assistive technology use and unmet needs on a national level. This study reviews the methodology from instruments intended to capture national statistics on assistive technology use across eight case countries from varying regions and income levels. Recommendations are provided, which highlight the need for mandatory, census level data collection according to international standards for data collection in the areas of disability and assistive technology.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Copyright © 2019 World Health Organization. Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo).
Keywords:	Assistive technology; epidemiology; database; census; data collection;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	15399
Depositing User:	Emma Smith
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2022 14:42
Publisher:	The GATE Initiative, World Health Organization
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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