The COVID-19 response must be disability inclusive
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There are more than 1 billion people living with disabilities (PLWD) worldwide. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is likely to disproportionately affect these individuals, putting them at risk of increased morbidity and mortality, underscoring the urgent need to improve provision of health care for this group and maintain the global health commitment to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC).1
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Socio-economically disadvantaged groups, such as older people, uneducated, ethnic minorities, and citizens with disabilities, tend to have limited capacity to access ICTs and elementary digital competencies.
“It emerged quite quickly that socio-economically disadvantaged groups, such as older people, uneducated, ethnic minorities, and citizens with disabilities, tend to have limited capacity to access ICTs and elementary digital competencies (Armitage and Nellums, 2020).”
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In the main text (page unavailable), Armitage and Nellums say people living with disabilities might face inequities in access to public-health messaging and call for accessible communication through digital as well as other media. The paper does not say that they lack access to ICTs or elementary digital competencies, and it does not address those claims for older people, uneducated people, or ethnic minorities. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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The self-reinforcing effect of digital and social exclusion: The inequality loop
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- Authors
- Armitage, R., & Nellums, L. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Armitage, Richard
- Venue
- The Lancet Public Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-05
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e257
- ISSN
- 2468-2667 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7270835
- OpenAlex
- W3013521034
- Cited by
- 366
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 87 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 78
- FWCI
- 103.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- people with disabilities, COVID-19 pandemic, disability inclusion, universal health coverage, health equity, health care access, social distancing, self-isolation, care workers, discrimination, low- and middle-income countries, inclusive health policy, health system preparedness, health system resilience
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Disabled Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Global Health, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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