COVID-19 vaccine website accessibility dashboard

• DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101325
• Publication Date: 2022-04-13T01:30:12Z
• Authors: Grace Jo; Daniel Habib; Varshini Varadaraj; Jared Smith; Sabrina Epstein; Jiafeng Zhu; Gayane Yenokyan; Kara Ayers; Bonnielin K. Swenor
• Keywords: Dashboard; Web Accessibility; Page view; Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated historical inequities for people with disabilities including barriers in accessing online information and healthcare appointment websites. These were brought to the foreground during vaccine rollout registration process. This cross-sectional study aimed examine accessibility of U.S. state territory centralized Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center created a Vaccine Dashboard compiling web pages from 56 states territories United States (U.S.) reviewed between March 30 through April 5, 2021 analyzed using WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE). identifies website barriers, insufficient contrast, alternative text, unlabeled buttons, total number errors, error density. ranked grouped into three groups by creating comparisons on disabilities. All U.S had 29 pages. Total density, alert data utilized generate scores each page, median score was 259 (range = 14 536 IQR 237) pages, 146 10 281 105) results highlight may encounter when registering vaccine, which underscore response disability community elevate need prioritize public health information.