Bridging the access gap : the telepractice experience of speech therapists and audiologists at a public health care facility in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorGovender, Shelissa
dc.contributor.authorVallabhjee, Annika L.
dc.contributor.authorCharles, Chenay R.
dc.contributor.authorRoesch, Darike
dc.contributor.authorBalton, Sadna
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-03T11:14:18Z
dc.date.available2023-05-03T11:14:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa is a low to middle income country (LMIC) with a population of 60 million people. The public health sector serves more than 80% of the population. Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is a central level public health care facility situated in Gauteng. The Speech Therapy and Audiology Department provides insight into their telepractice services through a qualitative approach. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in therapists exploring telepractice as a sustainable model of service delivery. Therapists and patients encountered many challenges to the implementation of telepractice, however, the commitment of therapists ensured that creative solutions were developed. A comprehensive needs analysis at public health institutions is required to ensure the sustainability of telepractice. A hybrid model (telepractice and in-person consults) holds the potential to reduce the financial burden on patients and increase access to quality patient- centered care.en_US
dc.description.departmentCentre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)en_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.urihttp://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/telerehaben_US
dc.identifier.citationGovender, S., Vallabhjee, A. L., Charles, C. R., Roesch, D., & Balton, S. (2022). Bridging the Access Gap: The Telepractice Experience of Speech Therapists and Audiologists at a Public Health Care Facility in South Africa. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 14(2): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2022.6517.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1945-2020 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.5195/ijt.2022.6517
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/90546
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburghen_US
dc.rights© 2022 Shelissa Govender, Annika L. Vallabhjee, Chenay R. Charles, Darike Roesch, Sadna Balton. This work is published by Pitt Open Library Publishing and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectLow- and middle-income countries (LMICs)en_US
dc.subjectTelepracticeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.subjectSpeech therapyen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthcareen_US
dc.subjectAudiologyen_US
dc.titleBridging the access gap : the telepractice experience of speech therapists and audiologists at a public health care facility in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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