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HEALTH INEQUALITY DURING COVID-19
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Two factors contributed to the inequality    4
Social determinant of health    5
References    6
Introduction
Oh man I’m so frustrated with social distancing. This is so annoying. When will this be over? *Pause* I’m sick and tired of washing my hands. It’s so freaking dry. Can you believe I just purchased a hand sanitizer for $45?! Hello and welcome. It’s the 15th of April 2020 and you are listening to Afternoons with Anu Episode 3. I’m a post-graduate student from Macquarie University currently speaking to you from the comforts of my home thanks to all of us self-quarantining. I’m sure these woes sound very familiar to you as we give our loved ones calls on facetime and messages on WhatsApp. The funny thing is all these woes are a sound of privilege. For us be frustrated with social distancing, at least we have homes to be in. For us to be sick of washing our hands, at least we have access to running water and the intellectual ability to wash our hands. For us to complain about the prices of hand sanitisers, at least we have access to finances that enable us to purchase them and the physical ability to apply them on our hands. Today, we are going to be talking about how there are two key social determinants of health: physical environment & employment, that lead to health inequality in the disability community. Especially during this time of COVID19, people with disabilities are a vulnerable community who at more of a disadvantage. So as per the WHO’s conceptual framework for social determinants, we can see the drastic impact these inequalities have on their life course. People reporting the worst mental and physical health (those in the bottom 20%) in 2006 were twice as likely to live in a poor-quality or overcrowded dwelling (Mallett et al. 2011). During this podcast, I want to bring this issue to the forefront of your minds, get you to think critically about the situation and also explore effective and practical solutions.
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