Co-designing the disability awareness toolkit for disability-inclusive and accessible health and post-GBV clinical services in South Africa
The DAT's evolution highlights the power of co-design in addressing healthcare inequalities. It demonstrates how inclusive, locally grounded, and flexible design processes can produce meaningful quality assurance tools that reflect the diverse realities of service users and providers in unequal contexts.
Authors
- Bradley Carpenter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-1968)
- Samantha Willan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8629-887X)
- S. Mhlongo
- Thesandree Padayachee
- Jacques Lloyd
- Thakasile Ndlovu
- Jill Hanass‐Hancock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3662-8548)
- Nelly Zulu
- Annah Mabunda
- Thobeka Mthethwa
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- South African Association for Marine Biological Research (ZA)
- Research ICT Africa (ZA)
- Clinical Research Consultants (United States) (US)
- Department of Health (ZA)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02664-3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- South African Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Council