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From the @POTUS National Strategy for #COVID19:
"..HHS will optimize data collection ... to increase the availability of data by race, ethnicity, geography, disability, and other demographic variables, as feasible."
Full link (p 19-20)
http://shorturl.at/vGPY1
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"..HHS will optimize data collection ... to increase the availability of data by race, ethnicity, geography, disability, and other demographic variables, as feasible."
Full link (p 19-20)
http://shorturl.at/vGPY1
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The question now becomes... how? Disability data collection at the level of hospitals, cities, and states is woefully inadequate. One place to start is the Six Disability Questions: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/datasets.html
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Dr. Megan Morris a the Univ of Colorado is also attempting to validate a self-reported disability assessment that would rely on only 2-3 questions to help increase feasibility of data collection. Here's more on Dr. Morris: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/accords/research-publications/investigator-spotlight/archived-investigator-spotlights/megan-morris
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Short term: Require states to ask the Six Questions at time of #COVID19 testing & vaccine
Long term: Increase investment in disability and health equity research, link in this work to other efforts focused on race, ethnicty, SES, etc.
@BonnieSwenorPhD what do you think?
Long term: Increase investment in disability and health equity research, link in this work to other efforts focused on race, ethnicty, SES, etc.
@BonnieSwenorPhD what do you think?
