The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic for people with disabilities.
Coleen A Boyle, Michael H Fox, Susan M Havercamp, Jennifer Zubler
PMID 32499132WHAT IT FOUND
No study results are reported.
This public health commentary proposes data, protection, and equity priorities for people with disabilities during the pandemic, not tested interventions.
What this paper is
This is a commentary on the public health response to the pandemic for people with disabilities. It discusses data needs, protection measures, and health-care equity, but reports no methods, participants, outcomes, or tested interventions. There is no finding to act on.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest or outside funding, except that one author's effort was supported by a CDC cooperative agreement. The authors state the contents are their responsibility and not necessarily CDC or Department of Health and Human Services views.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the suggested priorities as evidence-based clinical recommendations. The paper reports no study methods or results, so its proposals are not tested interventions.