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Lockdown-Related Disparities Experienced by People with Disabilities during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review with Thematic Analysis

  • Authors: Tiago Silva Jesus, Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Christina Papadimitriou, Yelena Bogdanova, Jacob Bentley, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, The Refugee Empowerment Task Force, International Networking Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), art 6178
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126178

ABSTRACT People with disabilities may be disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We synthesize the literature on broader health and social impacts on people with disabilities arising from lockdown-related measures. Methods: Scoping review with thematic analysis. Up to mid-September 2020, seven scientific databases and three pre-print servers were searched to identify empirical or perspective papers […]
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Health risks and consequences of a COVID-19 infection for people with disabilities: Scoping review and descriptive thematic analysis

  • Authors: Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Yelena Bogdanova, Christina Papadimitriou, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Jacob Bentley, Tiago Jesus, Refugee Empowerment Task Force, International Networking Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(82), art 4348
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084348

ABSTRACT This study aims to synthesize the literature on any disproportionate health risks or consequences of a COVID-19 infection for people with disabilities. Scoping review with a descriptive thematic analysis was carried out. Up to mid-September 2020, seven scientific databases and three preprint servers were searched to identify empirical or perspective papers. Snowballing searches and […]
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