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Triple Jeopardy: Disabled People and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.creator Shakespeare, Tom
dc.creator Ndagire, Florence
dc.creator Seketi, Queen E.
dc.date 2021-08-10T08:47:39Z
dc.date 2021-08-10T08:47:39Z
dc.date 2021-03-16
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:48:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:48:16Z
dc.identifier Shakespeare, T., Ndagire, F., and Seketi, Q. E. (2021) Triple Jeopardy: Disabled People and the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Lancet Journal, Volume 397, Issue 10282, 16 March 2021 (accessed 9 August 2021). DOI: 10.1016/ S0140-6736(21)00625-5
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16790
dc.identifier https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2821%2900625-5
dc.identifier 10.1016/ S0140-6736(21)00625-5
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198613
dc.description People with disabilities have been differentially affected by COVID-19 because of three factors: the increased risk of poor outcomes from the disease itself, reduced access to routine health care and rehabilitation, and the adverse social impacts of efforts to mitigate the pandemic. 10 years ago, WHO's World Report on Disability noted that people with disabilities were more likely to be older, poorer, experience comorbidities, and be female.1 Older age, deprivation, and comorbidities are also associated with increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19.2 Risk of death from COVID-19 between Jan 24 and Nov 30, 2020, in England was 3·1 times greater for men with disabilities and 3·5 times greater for women with disabilities than for men and women without disabilities.3 People with intellectual disabilities living in congregate residential settings, relevant mainly to high-income settings, had a higher risk of death from COVID-19 than people without disabilities.4, 5 But even in household settings,6 people with intellectual disability have an increased risk of COVID-19 death.7
dc.description The Lancet Journal
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation The Lancet Journal;Volume 397, Issue 10282
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dc.rights https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Latest_IDSOpenDocs_ExternalDocuments2020.pdf
dc.rights © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.subject Aid
dc.subject Health
dc.subject Rights
dc.title Triple Jeopardy: Disabled People and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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