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MacLachlan M, McVeigh J, Cooke M, et al. Intersections Between Systems Thinking and Market Shaping for Assistive Technology: The SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies) Thinking Matrix. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(12)doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122627.
MacLachlan, M., McVeigh, J., Cooke, M., Ferri, D., Holloway, C., Austin, V., & Javadi, D. (2018). Intersections Between Systems Thinking and Market Shaping for Assistive Technology: The SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies) Thinking Matrix. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(12), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122627
MacLachlan, Malcolm, et al. "Intersections Between Systems Thinking and Market Shaping for Assistive Technology: The SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies) Thinking Matrix." International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 15,12 (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122627
MacLachlan M, McVeigh J, Cooke M, Ferri D, Holloway C, Austin V, Javadi D. Intersections Between Systems Thinking and Market Shaping for Assistive Technology: The SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies) Thinking Matrix. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Nov 23;15(12). doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122627. PMID: 30477141; PMCID: PMC6313499.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Nov 23;15(12). doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122627.

Intersections Between Systems Thinking and Market Shaping for Assistive Technology: The SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies) Thinking Matrix.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Malcolm MacLachlan, Joanne McVeigh, Michael Cooke, Delia Ferri, Catherine Holloway, Victoria Austin, Dena Javadi

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, North Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  2. Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  3. Centre for Rehabilitation Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P.O. Box 241, Cape Town 8000, South Africa. [email protected].
  4. Olomouc University Social Health Institute (OUSHI), Palacký University, Univerzitní 22, Olomouc 771 11, Czech Republic. [email protected].
  5. Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, North Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  6. Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  7. Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, North Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  8. Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  9. Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  10. Department of Law, New House, South Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  11. Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland. [email protected].
  12. UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), University College London, 66-72 Gower Street, London WC1E 6EA, UK. [email protected].
  13. Global Disability Innovation Hub, UCL at Here East, 8-9 East Bay Lane, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E15 2GW, UK. [email protected].
  14. Global Disability Innovation Hub, UCL at Here East, 8-9 East Bay Lane, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E15 2GW, UK. [email protected].
  15. The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. [email protected].

PMID: 30477141 PMCID: PMC6313499 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15122627

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aspire to "leave no-one behind". Universal access to assistive products is a critical link between the realization of the SDGs and those most likely to be left behind. However, assistive technology provision in many countries, particularly low- and middle-income countries, has traditionally been conducted through small-scale local providers, manufacturing products of varying degrees of quality at a limited price range. An effective way to scale these production and provision enterprises to the required level is needed to close the gap between available and required assistive technology. We argue that better access to assistive technology will only be realized through the adoption of a far stronger systems thinking and market shaping approach. We undertook a rapid literature review to explore the relationship between market shaping and assistive technology. Based on our review, we present an emergent framework for conceptualizing intersections between systems thinking and market shaping for assistive technology-the SMART (Systems-Market for Assistive and Related Technologies) Thinking Matrix.

Keywords: assistive products; assistive technology; low- and middle-income countries; market shaping; resource poor settings; systems thinking

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