Access to assistive technology in two Southern African countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Millions of people in Southern Africa are deprived of basic human rights such as the right to education and work because of the large and growing unmet demand for assistive technologies (AT). Evidence is needed to better characterize the lack of AT access.

Methods

This study serves to identify the sociodemographic factors that are associated with access to AT in two countries in Southern Africa, Botswana and Swaziland. To achieve this aim, logistics regression was applied to a subset of variables from two Living Conditions Studies, nationally representative surveys that were conducted in Southern Africa (2014 and 2010).

Results

In Botswana, 44% of people who needed AT did not receive it, while in Swaziland the unmet need was 67%. Among the sociodemographic

SUBMITTER: Matter RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194741 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature