Implementation of the Assistive Product List (APL) in Malawi through development of appropriate policy and systems: an action research protocol

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e040281" target="_blank" >https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e040281</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040281" target="_blank" >10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040281</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Implementation of the Assistive Product List (APL) in Malawi through development of appropriate policy and systems: an action research protocol

Original language description

Introduction Assistive technology (AT) is important for the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for persons with disabilities (PWD). Increasingly, studies suggest a significant gap between the need for and demand for and provisions of AT for PWD in low-income and middle-income settings. Evidence from high income countries highlights the importance of robust AT policies to the achievement of the recommendations of the World Health Assembly on AT. In Malawi, there is no standalone AT policy. The objectives of the Assistive Product List Implementation Creating Enablement of inclusive SDGs (APPLICABLE) project, are to propose and facilitate the development of a framework for creating effective national AT policy and specify a system capable of implementing such policies in low-income countries such as Malawi. Method and analysis We propose an action research process with stakeholders in AT in Malawi. APPLICABLE will adopt an action research paradigm, through developing a shared research agenda with stakeholders and including users of AT. This involves the formation of an Action Research Group that will specify the priorities for practice-and policy-based evidence, in order to facilitate the development of contextually realistic and achievable policy aspirations on AT in Malawi and provide system strengthening recommendations that will ensure that the policy is implementable for their realisation. We will undertake an evaluation of this policy by measuring supply and support for specific AT prior to, and following the implementation of the policy recommendations. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by Maynooth University Research Ethics Committee (SRESC-2019-2378566) and University of Malawi Research Ethics Committee (P.01/20/10). Findings from the study will be disseminated by publication in peer-reviewed journals, presentations to stakeholders in Malawi, Ireland and international audiences at international conferences.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30218 - General and internal medicine

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMJ Open

ISSN

2044-6055

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000587948600017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85095801758