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Indicator name:
Assistive technology: met need of assistive products, prevalence (%)
Topic:
Assistive technology
Rationale:
The WHA71.8 Resolution on improving access to assistive technology urges all Member States to take actions to improve access to assistive technology, and requests WHO to develop progress reports to monitor the status of assistive technology access and communicate the progress made by Member States in implementing the resolution.
Definition:
Prevalence of met need = the proportion of a population using assistive products that do not need new or additional assistive products
Disaggregation:
Age group, Sex, Residence Area type, Assistive technology product type
Method of measurement
Population-based survey: household survey conducted with the rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA), a dedicated WHO survey tool collecting self-reported data on access to assistive technology.
Method of estimation:
Estimates derived from national household surveys using the rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA). Number of respondents who reported using assistive products that do not need new or additional assistive products / Total number of respondents * 100. Data from China refers only to the following regions: Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi. Data from Guatemala refers only to Sololá region. Data from Malawi refers only to Blantyre region. Data from Tajikistan refers only to Sughd region.
Preferred data sources:
Population-based household survey
Contact person email:
zhangw@who.int
Name:
Wei Zhang
IMRID:
5743
Links:
rapid Assistive Technology Assessment tool (rATA)
Global report on assistive technology
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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