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Table 1 Examples of communities or groups that could be medically under-served

From: Towards equity: a qualitative exploration of the implementation and impact of a digital educational intervention for pharmacy professionals in England

 • People with disability i.e., people with physical disability (e.g., a person in a wheelchair); people with visual impairment (Partially sighted/blind); people with hearing impairments (deaf) people with learning impairment (e.g., Downs syndrome, autism etc.)

 • People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities

 • People who are homebound, from rural communities

 • People from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities

 • People who are homeless or have no fixed address

 • People who are refugees or are seeking asylum

 • People from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, queer (LGBTQ) communities

 • People with mental health illness and stigmatised medical conditions (e.g., acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), epilepsy)

 • Older people, particularly with multiple morbidities and medicines

 • Young people (specifically men aged 18–25)

 • People from a low socio-economic status, long-term unemployed, low levels of health literacy

 • People with speech disorders (e.g., stutter) or language disorders e.g., from brain injury (stroke, dementia)

 • People experiencing substance misuse (e.g. alcohol, illicit drug dependency)

 • People who have experienced domestic/physical abuse

 • People who are sex workers

 • People in prison or those who are known to have been in prison