Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, North Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland.
Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2K8, Ireland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Nov 23;15(12):2627. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122627.
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.
可持续发展目标（SDGs）力求“不让任何人掉队”。普及辅助产品是实现可持续发展目标和那些最有可能掉队的目标的关键环节。然而，在许多国家，特别是在低收入和中等收入国家，辅助技术的提供传统上是通过小规模的本地供应商来进行的，他们以有限的价格范围生产不同质量水平的产品。需要一种有效的方法将这些生产和供应企业扩大到所需的规模，以缩小现有和所需辅助技术之间的差距。我们认为，只有通过采用更强有力的系统思维和市场塑造方法，才能更好地获得辅助技术。我们进行了快速文献综述，以探讨市场塑造与辅助技术之间的关系。基于我们的综述，我们提出了一个用于辅助技术的系统思维和市场塑造之间交叉点的概念框架——SMART（辅助和相关技术的系统-市场）思维矩阵。
