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Indicator name:
Assistive technology: 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:
The sum of the prevalence of met need and the prevalence of unmet need, where: Prevalence of met need = the proportion of a population using assistive products that do not need new or additional assistive products. Prevalence of unmet need = the proportion of a population that need new or additional assistive products regardless of whether they are already using assistive products or not.
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). Percentage of population in need of at least one assistive product = (Number of respondents who reported using assistive products that do not need new or additional assistive products / Total number of respondents) * 100 + (Number of respondents who reported needing new or additional assistive products regardless of whether they are already using assistive products or not/ Total number of respondents)*100
Preferred data sources:
Population-based household survey
Contact person email:
zhangw@who.int
Name:
Wei Zhang
IMRID:
5742
Links:
Global report on assistive technology
rapid Assistive Technology Assessment tool (rATA)
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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