Repair strategies for assistive technology in low resource settings

Figures & data

Table 1. A summary of the studies conducted in this work showing the different countries, Contexts, types of at, data collection methods and types and number of participants.

Location / Country	Context	Types of AT used	Data collection method	Participants
Kibera, Kenya [46]	Informal Settlement	Wheelchairs	Semi-structured interview	8 wheelchair users (4 females & 4 males) aged between 30 and 63 designated P01-P08
Bo & Freetown, Sierra Leone [47,48]	Country wide	Multiple	Focus group discussions (FGDs) with a range of AT users; interviews with government agencies working in the AT sector, organizations (DPOs) and private (formal and informal sector) AT providers and service providers; a sample survey of AT users in four low income urban settlements, using an adapted version of the WHO Rapid Assistive Technology Appraisal (rATA) tool	50 AT users involved in FGDs or interviews 23 organizations involved in AT provision and services interviewed 2076 respondents to the rATA survey
Banjarmasin, Jakarta, Solo & Yogyakarta Indonesia [48,49]	Country wide	Multiple	see above	43 AT users involved in FGDs or interviews 26 organizations involved in AT provision or services interviewed 2046 respondents to rATA survey
Kampala, and Fort Portal Uganda [27,50]	3 locations in country (2 x Kampala, 1 X Fort Portal)	Lower and Upper limb prosthetics	Semi-structured interview	13 prosthesis users (female: 7, male: 6, age: 22–48 years) with upper and/or lower limb amputations. Also discussions with 8 technicians working at the 3 locations.

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