Communication disability and public health approaches

A scoping review was utilised for this study. In as much as a scoping review does not involve human participants, ethical clearance was obtained. A subject librarian was consulted in the development of the search strategy with regard to search terms and suitable databases. A search was undertaken across multiple electronic databases and the results were imported into a web-based systematic review software tool, Covidence. Two reviewers independently screened at the title/abstract and full text level. Eligibility criteria were utilized during the screening process. The researcher and a reviewer independently extracted 100% of the data with disagreements resolved through consensus. Descriptive numerical analysis and basic qualitative content analysis were utilised for data analysis. The qualitative data was summarised and categorised using an inductive approach.