Addressing the Digital Inverse Care Law in the Time of COVID-19: Potential for Digital Technology to Exacerbate or Mitigate Health Inequalities.
Addressing the Digital Inverse Care Law in the Time of COVID-19: Potential for Digital Technology to Exacerbate or Mitigate Health Inequalities.
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DOI：
10.2196/21726
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发表时间：
2021-04-07
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Gann B
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作者：
Davies AR;Honeyman M;Gann B
数字技术正在改变卫生保健提供方法，并已被纳入卫生、社会和公共应对COVID-19大流行的工作中。然而，这引起了人们对“逆信息法”（也称为“数字逆护理法”）和数字不平等的关注，因为最需要支持的人（特别是老年人和那些经历社会剥夺的人）往往最不可能使用数字平台。2019冠状病毒病大流行的应对措施是向采用数字方法开展工作和与民众互动的持续转变，这种转变将在2019冠状病毒病大流行之后继续下去。因此，重要的是要了解造成数字不平等的潜在因素，并立即采取行动，避免数字不平等在未来加剧卫生不平等。COVID-19的应对措施代表着向采用数字方法开展工作和与人群接触的持续转变，这种转变将在本次大流行之后继续下去。因此，我们必须了解导致数字不平等的潜在因素，并立即采取行动，防止数字不平等在未来加剧健康不平等。
Digital technologies have been transforming methods of health care delivery and have been embraced within the health, social, and public response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this has directed attention to the “inverse information law” (also called “digital inverse care law”) and digital inequalities, as people who are most in need of support (in particular, older people and those experiencing social deprivation) are often least likely to engage with digital platforms. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic represents a sustained shift to the adoption of digital approaches to working and engaging with populations, which will continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is important to understand the underlying factors contributing to digital inequalities and act immediately to avoid digital inequality contributing to health inequalities in the future. The response to COVID-19 represents a sustained shift to adopting digital approaches to working and engaging with populations which will continue beyond this pandemic. Therefore it is important that we understand the underlying factors contributing to digital inequalities, and act now to protect against digital inequality contributing to health inequalities in the future.