Chanel van Zyl|Marelise Badenhorst|Susan Hanekom|Martin Heine
Unravelling ‘low-resource settings’: a systematic scoping review with qualitative content analysis
Stellenbosch University|Sports Science Institute of South Africa|Stellenbosch University|Stellenbosch University|Sports Science Institute of South Africa|Stellenbosch University
effects healthcarerelated inequalities evident lowresource settings settings often explicitly defined umbrella terms easier operationalise lowtomiddleincome countries developing countries often used without deeper understanding context proxies pregnant assumptions insinuate homogeneity unsupported hamper knowledge translation settingsa systematic scoping review undertaken start unravelling term lowresource setting pubmed africawide web science scopus searched 24 june 2019 dating back 5 years using terms related lowresource setting rehabilitation rehabilitation chosen methodological vehicle due holistic nature eg multidisciplinary relevance across burden disease throughout continuum care expertise within research team qualitative content analysis inductive approach useda total 410 codes derived 48 unique articles within field rehabilitation grouped 63 content categories identified nine major themes relating term lowresource setting themes emerged relate 1 financial pressure 2 suboptimal healthcare service delivery 3 underdeveloped infrastructure 4 paucity knowledge 5 research challenges considerations 6 restricted social resources 7 geographical environmental factors 8 human resource limitations 9 influence beliefs practicesthe emerging themes may assist 1 groundwork needed unravel lowresource settings healthrelated research 2 moving away assumptive umbrella terms like lowtomiddleincome countries lowmiddleincome countries 3 promoting effective knowledge transfer settings