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ArticleDisability and health journal2022

COVID-19 vaccine website accessibility dashboard.

Grace Jo, Daniel Habib, Varshini Varadaraj, Jared Smith, Sabrina Epstein, Jiafeng Zhu, Gayane Yenokyan, Kara Ayers, Bonnielin K Swenor

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Article in Disability and health journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Grace JoJohns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Daniel HabibJohns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Varshini VaradarajJohns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA; The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Jared SmithInstitute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice, Utah State University, 6807 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
Sabrina EpsteinJohns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Jiafeng ZhuJohns Hopkins Biostatistics Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Gayane YenokyanJohns Hopkins Biostatistics Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Kara AyersJohns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA; University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
Bonnielin K SwenorJohns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA; The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. Electronic address: bswenor@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUtah State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated historical inequities for people with disabilities including barriers in accessing online information and healthcare appointment websites. These barriers were brought to the foreground during the vaccine rollout and registration process.

objectiveThis cross-sectional study aimed to examine accessibility of U.S. state and territory COVID-19 information and registration centralized websites.

methodsThe Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center created a COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard compiling COVID-19 information and vaccine registration web pages from 56 states and territories in the United States (U.S.) reviewed between March 30 through April 5, 2021 and analyzed accessibility using WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE). WAVE identifies website accessibility barriers, including insufficient contrast, alternative text, unlabeled buttons, total number of errors, and error density. Web pages were ranked and grouped into three groups by number of errors, creating comparisons between states on accessibility barriers for people with disabilities.

resultsAll 56 U.S states and territories had COVID-19 information web pages and 29 states had centralized state vaccine registration web pages. Total errors, error density, and alert data were utilized to generate accessibility scores for each web page, the median score was 259 (range = 14 to 536 and IQR = 237) for information pages, and 146 (range = 10 to 281 and IQR = 105) for registration pages.

conclusionsThese results highlight barriers people with disabilities may encounter when accessing information and registering for the COVID-19 vaccine, which underscore inequities in the pandemic response for the disability community and elevate the need to prioritize accessibility of public health information.

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COVID-19Persons with DisabilitiesCOVID-19 VaccinesCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPandemicsUnited StatesCOVID-19 VaccinesBarriers to accessing information and registering for COVID-19 vaccineCOVID-19 vaccineDisability inclusionHealth services for persons with disabilitiesWebsite accessibility of public health information

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PMID35534390
PMCPMC9005239
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