Community-based assessment and rehabilitation of hearing loss: A scoping review

Eubank, TN (通讯作者),Lamar Univ, Dept Speech & Hearing Sci, Beaumont, TX 77710 USA.
2022-9
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of a Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) model, little is known about how CBR has been applied in the hearing healthcare setting. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and describe studies on Community-Based Hearing Rehabilitation (CBHR) programs within the applied context. The review was conducted in September 2020 with updated searches in November 2021 according to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology and reported using the guidelines and checklist for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses-Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Fifty-nine peer-reviewed research articles were included in the review. A narrative synthesis was conducted to map out the types of CBHR programs. Studies were classified into audiological themes: awareness, screening and assessment of hearing in newborn/infants, children and adults, training of community health workers, rehabilitation, cost-effectiveness and describing the service delivery models. Further categorisation was made based on CBR aspect matrices for each study. Most of the studies come from high-income countries in North America and Europe. CBHR studies predominantly focused on creating awareness, training and hearing screenings and/or assessments in communities and evaluating effectiveness in providing knowledge and access to hearing health services in rural or underserved communities. Further work is needed to examine the outcomes and effectiveness of CBHR using controlled studies. Moreover, more work is needed in low- and middle-income countries where the application of CBHR is critical for increased access and affordability.
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
卷号:30|期号:5
ISSN:0966-0410|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Texas State University System; Lamar University; Anglia Ruskin University; University of Pretoria; Ear Science Institute Australia; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Hospital; Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
被引频次(WOS)
2
被引频次(其他)
2
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
3
EISSN
1365-2524
出版年
2022-9
DOI
10.1111/hsc.13846
关键词
community healthcare worker community-based hearing rehabilitation community-based rehabilitation healthcare model hearing loss
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Social Work
学科领域
循证公共卫生 循证社会学