Wheelchair Provision Guidelines.

• Place / Publishing House: Geneva : : World Health Organization,, 2023.; Ã2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (108 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Document overview -- Terminology -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Purpose and scope -- Target audiences -- Guiding principles -- Guideline development process -- Next steps -- About these guidelines -- 1.1 Purpose -- 1.2 Scope -- 1.3 Target audiences -- 1.4 Guiding principles -- 1.5 Development process -- 1.6 Rationale for these guidelines -- 1.7 Alignment with other WHO documents -- Introduction to wheelchair provision -- 2.1 Appropriate wheelchairs -- 2.2 People who use wheelchairs -- 2.3 Need, access and demand for wheelchairs -- 2.4 Wheelchair provision through services -- 2.5 Wheelchair provision in humanitarian contexts -- 2.6 Barriers impacting access to wheelchairs -- 2.7 Roles of stakeholders -- Recommendations and implementation guidance -- Service level recommendations -- 3.1 Wheelchair service steps -- System level recommendations -- 3.2 Competent workforce -- 3.3 Wheelchair service systems -- 3.4 Policy and finance issues -- Next steps -- 4.1 Dissemination -- 4.2 Next steps towards implementation -- 4.3 Research gaps and priorities -- References -- Annex 1: Contributors to the Guidelines -- WHO Steering Group -- Guidelines Development Group -- External Review Group -- Systematic review team -- External partners and observers -- Annex 2: Managing declarations of interest and conflicts of interest.