Disabled people faced greater challenges accessing sexual and reproductive health services in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain: evidence from the Natsal-COVID survey
Our study provides evidence that disabled people in Britain were more likely to have difficulty accessing SRH services during COVID-19. However, the extent to which these disparities were created or exacerbated by the pandemic, and whether inequalities persist, is not clear. Our results are relevant for contemporary service design, given that many changes introduced during the pandemic have endured.
Authors
- Raquel Bosó Pérez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-4566)
- Jo Gibbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5696-0260)
- Catherine Heather Mercer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4220-5034)
- Pam Sonnenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1067-1583)
- Emily Dema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-2023)
- Laura Stanley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6680-7136)
- Kirstin Rebecca Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601)
- Nigel Field (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-6652)
- Beattie RH Sturrock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-7665)
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
- Individual Differences (US)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24914-3
- Primary Topic
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University College London
- University of Glasgow
- Medical Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council