Bridging the access gap : the telepractice experience of speech therapists and audiologists at a public health care facility in South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Govender, Shelissa | |
dc.contributor.author | Vallabhjee, Annika L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Charles, Chenay R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Roesch, Darike | |
dc.contributor.author | Balton, Sadna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-03T11:14:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-05-03T11:14:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | South 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.department | Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | hj2023 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/telerehab | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Govender, 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.issn | 1945-2020 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.5195/ijt.2022.6517 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90546 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | en_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.subject | Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) | en_US |
dc.subject | Telepractice | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_US |
dc.subject | Speech therapy | en_US |
dc.subject | Public healthcare | en_US |
dc.subject | Audiology | en_US |
dc.title | Bridging the access gap : the telepractice experience of speech therapists and audiologists at a public health care facility in South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |