Journal article
A framework for identifying and mitigating the equity harms of COVID-19 policy interventions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. Governments have implemented combinations of "lockdown" measures of various stringencies, including school and workplace closures, cancellations of public events, and restrictions on internal and external movements. These policy interventions are an attempt to shield high-risk individuals and to prevent overwhelming countries' healthcare systems, or, colloquially, "flatten …
Authors
Glover RE; van Schalkwyk MCI; Akl EA; Kristjannson E; Lotfi T; Petkovic J; Petticrew MP; Pottie K; Tugwell P; Welch V
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 128, , pp. 35–48
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.004
ISSN
0895-4356