Panagiotopoulou Maria, Tsirintani Maria
University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 26;272:306-309. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200556.
People with disabilities are a major part of the society. The fact of being able to service themselves without any additional help in their everyday life is an important right, as well as the right to have equal opportunities in utilizing all health- related services in their community. Our research was carried out on a group of people with disabilities through a semi structured interview to clarify their needs regarding the accessibility of health services and the accessibility of the existing related information. In addition to the analysis of the accessible techniques of digital information, the accessibility, reliability and relevance of the information existing on health websites in Greece are evaluated. The assessment of the accessibility of information provided online is carried out based on the WCAG2.0 standard of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Through these surveys and procedures, we reach conclusions on the deficiencies of accessibility and solutions for improvement are proposed. The results present the need for improvement in the information related to the healthcare sector, as we realize that a very low percentage covers the three key factors as mentioned above. With recommendations we target towards a more inclusive health care sector for all individuals.
残疾人是社会的重要组成部分。能够在日常生活中无需额外帮助自理是一项重要权利，在社区中平等利用所有与健康相关服务的权利也是如此。我们通过半结构化访谈对一组残疾人进行了研究，以明确他们在医疗服务可及性和现有相关信息可及性方面的需求。除了分析数字信息的可及技术外，还评估了希腊健康网站上现有信息的可及性、可靠性和相关性。基于万维网联盟（W3C）的WCAG2.0标准对在线提供信息的可及性进行评估。通过这些调查和程序，我们得出了可及性方面的不足结论，并提出了改进方案。结果表明，医疗保健领域的信息需要改进，因为我们意识到只有极低比例的信息涵盖了上述三个关键因素。通过建议，我们旨在为所有人打造一个更具包容性的医疗保健领域。
