Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK

We provide new evidence about the work-related exposure of disabled people to COVID-19 using household survey data combined with a novel occupational risk indicator. Despite their higher clinical vulnerability, disabled people in employment in the UK were significantly more likely to be going out to...

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Autores principales:	Mark L. Bryan, Andrew M. Bryce, Jennifer Roberts
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Disability Work Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2cedc298665644089cbee3454da183272021-12-04T04:35:20ZEmployment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK2352-827310.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100984https://doaj.org/article/2cedc298665644089cbee3454da183272021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827321002597https://doaj.org/toc/2352-8273We provide new evidence about the work-related exposure of disabled people to COVID-19 using household survey data combined with a novel occupational risk indicator. Despite their higher clinical vulnerability, disabled people in employment in the UK were significantly more likely to be going out to work during the pandemic rather than working from home, and were working in occupations that were more exposed to COVID-19 than the occupations of non-disabled workers. Our results raise questions about whether there are sufficient safeguards for disabled people in the workplace, and have longer-term implications for a labour market where COVID-19 is a persistent health issue.Mark L. BryanAndrew M. BryceJennifer RobertsElsevierarticleCOVID-19DisabilityWorkPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270Social sciences (General)H1-99ENSSM: Population Health, Vol 16, Iss , Pp 100984- (2021)
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description	We provide new evidence about the work-related exposure of disabled people to COVID-19 using household survey data combined with a novel occupational risk indicator. Despite their higher clinical vulnerability, disabled people in employment in the UK were significantly more likely to be going out to work during the pandemic rather than working from home, and were working in occupations that were more exposed to COVID-19 than the occupations of non-disabled workers. Our results raise questions about whether there are sufficient safeguards for disabled people in the workplace, and have longer-term implications for a labour market where COVID-19 is a persistent health issue.
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title	Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK
title_short	Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK
title_full	Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK
title_fullStr	Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK
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Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK

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