I am researching the public wheelchair service in Brazil and I am looking for researchers, institutions, government agencies, services, anyone who had experienced trying to implement WHO best practices regarding wheelchair services to learn from their experience.
Hello Tulio,
Yes! I have had a chance to work with the WHO Wheelchair provision guidelines. However, more than what I could tell you, I could help you get in touch with Ms. Maria Luisa Toro Hernadez, a doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh working on developing better strategies to assess and provide wheelchair delivery and maintenance, and has hands on worked with the WHO guidelines. You could find her contact here - http://herl.pitt.edu/person/maria-toro
In addition, these organizations might be of help - ISWP & RESNA
All the best!
http://www.resna.org/about
http://www.wheelchairnet.org
Thanks a lot Deepan,
I will get in touch with Maria.
Thanks for organisation indications. I knew them but did not search in ISWP for long time, so it was good to catch up with information.
All the best.
Hi Tulio,
Yes, we have been using the WHO forms in our Wheelchair Service Delivery systems at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi India. At the Department of Assistive Technology we do follow the WHO guidelines in our mobility and seating services.
Please feel free to be in touch.
All the best,
Nekram Upadhyay
Tulio:
We are currently involved in a project with ISWP looking at integration of WHO training materials into academic curricula in more- and less-resourced contexts. You could find out more about this by contacting Mary Goldberg (University of Pittsburgh) [email protected] or Paula Rushton (University of Montreal) [email protected]
Cheers
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