Systems Are Overstretched from the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Description of Disabled People's Access to Healthcare and Disability Support in New Zealand.

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dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorNazari Orakani S
dc.contributor.authorOfficer TN
dc.contributor.authorGood G
dc.contributor.authorMcBride-Henry K
dc.contributor.editorCogle CR
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-15T03:21:17Z
dc.date.available2024-05-15T03:21:17Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-02
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare and support services, creating challenges for disabled people. New Zealand implemented a range of policies to prevent and limit viral transmission of COVID-19. This study investigates disabled people's experiences accessing healthcare and disability support services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and based on this analysis, the implications of public health policy decisions on disabled people's experiences during the pandemic in New Zealand are explicated. A qualitative design underpinned by interpretive description methodology guided this study. A total of 64 disabled people or parents of disabled children participated in semi-structured interviews. The team of health services and disability researchers then engaged in an iterative thematic approach to analysis, which led to three key themes: (1) protective personal factors, which assisted disabled people to access healthcare and support services, (2) immediate pandemic policy impacts, including policy and legislative changes, which created additional access barriers for disabled people, and (3) exacerbating factors, including compounding vulnerabilities, overstretched systems, and the impact of the vaccine mandate, which worsened the already limited access to healthcare and disability services for disabled people. The pandemic overwhelmed an already stretched healthcare and disability support system, resulting in service disruptions with negative consequences for disabled people's health and wellbeing. Future policy development needs to be disability-centred in its inclusion of people with lived experience and consideration of the support needs of disabled populations. A first step in this process could include pandemic planning and policy co-design to ensure a continuum of healthcare services and support availability for individuals when services are disrupted. In addition, access to formal and informal support for disabled people should be recognised as a fundamental human right when accessing healthcare and disability support services.
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dc.edition.editionFebruary-1 2024
dc.format.pagination387-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38338272
dc.identifier.citationNazari Orakani S, Officer TN, Good G, McBride-Henry K. (2024). Systems Are Overstretched from the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Description of Disabled People's Access to Healthcare and Disability Support in New Zealand.. Healthcare (Basel). 12. 3. (pp. 387-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare12030387
dc.identifier.eissn2227-9032
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.number387
dc.identifier.piihealthcare12030387
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69572
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/3/387
dc.relation.isPartOfHealthcare (Basel)
dc.rights(c) 2024 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectdisability support services
dc.subjectdisabled people
dc.subjecthealthcare
dc.titleSystems Are Overstretched from the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Description of Disabled People's Access to Healthcare and Disability Support in New Zealand.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id486483
pubs.organisational-groupCollege of Health
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