Coronavirus pandemic highlights critical gaps in rural Internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers: a call for partnership with medical libraries.
Coronavirus pandemic highlights critical gaps in rural Internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers: a call for partnership with medical libraries.
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10.5195/jmla.2020.1045
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2020-10-01
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Firnhaber GC
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Lee JGL;LePrevost CE;Harwell EL;Bloss JE;Cofie LE;Wiggins MF;Firnhaber GC
移民和季节性农场工人是冠状病毒全球公共卫生紧急情况中的重要工作人员，他们面临着独特的健康风险以及长期存在的健康不平等。这篇评论强调了这些风险，并认为互联网接入是公共卫生应对措施中一个未得到充分重视但至关重要的部分。作者首先讨论了农场工人面临的独特风险。我们注意到，在实际距离缩小的情况下，互联网接入十分重要，许多保健外展工作者不再访问难民营，需要远程医疗基础设施，以及互联网接入在为原籍社区的家庭提供联系方面的作用。我们描述了在北卡罗来纳州已经实施的现有努力，以提高公众健康和健康促进从业人员和研究人员的认识。当前的冠状病毒大流行需要医学图书馆、公共卫生从业者和政策制定者的关注，以解决农场工人及其家庭的数字鸿沟。
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers, who are essential workers in the coronavirus global public health emergency, face unique risks to their health as well as longstanding health inequities. This commentary highlights these risks and argues that Internet access represents an underappreciated but critical part of the public health response. The authors first discuss the unique risks farmworkers face. We note the importance of Internet access in the time of physical distancing, the fact that many health outreach workers are no longer visiting camps, the need for telemedicine infrastructure, and the role of Internet access in providing connections to families in communities of origin. We describe existing efforts that have been implemented in North Carolina to raise awareness among public health and health promotion practitioners and researchers. The current coronavirus pandemic demands the attention of medical libraries, public health practitioners, and policy makers to address the digital divide for farmworkers and their families.
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