Accessibility evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine registration websites across the United States

被引：26

作者：

Alismail, Sarah ^{[1
]}

Chipidza, Wallace ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Claremont Grad Univ, Ctr Informat Syst & Technol, 150 E 10th St, Claremont, CA 91711 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION | 2021年 / 28卷 / 09期

关键词：

web accessibility; COVID-19; vaccine registration websites; WCAG;

D O I：

10.1093/jamia/ocab105

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

This exploratory study investigated the web accessibility of 54 official COVID-19 vaccine registration websites in the US and their concordance with the WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 guidelines. We employed AChecker, WAVE, and Sort-Site web accessibility evaluation tools to conduct automated analyses of these websites. The results showed suboptimal compliance with WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 guidelines, as determined using the AChecker, WAVE, and Sort-Site tools. These shortcomings in compliance may pose difficulties to users with disabilities as they access information on the websites. Based on our findings, we offered recommendations for states and other authorities to improve the accessibility of their websites to ensure that users with disabilities can independently schedule vaccination appointments.

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页数：6

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