Elsje Scheffler

Stellenbosch University — South Africa

Health Professions · Health Sciences

9h-index380citations16works0.02yr avg
OpenAlex↗ORCID↗Google Scholar↗Lab page↗

Accepting Students?

No reports yet. Know if this professor is taking students?

Research Topics

Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility(10), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders(6), Family and Disability Support Research(5), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management(4), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery(4)

Publications16 total

Evaluation of a stroke rehabilitation training programme for community-based primary healthcare
African Journal of Disability·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
A stroke rehabilitation training program for community-based primary health care, South Africa
African Journal of Disability·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Promoting regional coherence and cohesion amidst multiple assistive technology initiatives in Africa
African Journal of Disability·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
The design, development, and evaluation of an appropriate homebased stroke rehabilitation program for a rural primary health care setting in the Western Cape, South Africa
SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University)·2020Open Access
Figuring it out by yourself: Perceptions of home-based care of stroke survivors, family caregivers and community health workers in a low-resourced setting, South Africa
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine·2020· 25 citedOpen Access
Exploring the inclusion of teaching and learning on assistive products in undergraduate curricula of health sciences faculties at three South African Universities
Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology·2019· 4 cited
Surviving a stroke in South Africa: outcomes of home-based care in a low-resource rural setting
Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation·2019· 31 cited
Community-based rehabilitation workers’ perspectives of wheelchair provision in Uganda: A qualitative study
African Journal of Disability·2019· 13 citedOpen Access
Enabling appropriate personnel skill-mix for progressive realization of equitable access to assistive technology
Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology·2018· 68 citedOpen Access
Lessons from the pilot of a mobile application to map assistive technology suppliers in Africa
African Journal of Disability·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Enabling appropriate personnel skill-mix for progressive realization of equitable access to assistive technology
Figshare·2018Open Access
Exploring the interaction of activity limitations with context, systems, community and personal factors in accessing public health care services: A presentation of South African case studies
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine·2017· 40 citedOpen Access
Impact of structured wheelchair services on satisfaction and function of wheelchair users in Zimbabwe
African Journal of Disability·2016· 35 citedOpen Access
Is any wheelchair better than no wheelchair? A Zimbabwean perspective
African Journal of Disability·2015· 31 citedOpen Access
The impact of health service variables on healthcare access in a low resourced urban setting in the Western Cape, South Africa
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine·2015· 62 citedOpen Access
Policy implementation in wheelchair service delivery in a rural South African setting
African Journal of Disability·2013· 51 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Surona Visagie(8), Robert Mash(4), Hasheem Mannan(3), Malcolm MacLachlan(3), Marguerite Schneider(3), Gubela Mji(3), Nicky Seymour(3), Emma Smith(2), Rosemary Joan Gowran(2), Brian Donnelly(2), Liliana Alvarez(2), Diane Bell(2), Silvana Contepomi(2), Liezel Ennion(2), Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf(2), Tracey Howe(2), Yih‐Kuen Jan(2), Jeanne Kagwiza(2), Natasha Layton(2), Ritchard Ledgerd(2)