Implication of Internet growth on enhancing health of disadvantaged groups in China: a global perspective
Implication of Internet growth on enhancing health of disadvantaged groups in China: a global perspective
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01046.x
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Chau, WWH
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作者：
Lai, CKY;Arthur, DG;Chau, WWH
互联网有望在未来的医疗保健领域发挥重要作用，但在东西方、性别、富人和穷人、受过教育和未受过教育的人以及城乡之间，互联网的使用存在不平衡。本文从世界各地这些亚群体的角度审视互联网的使用情况，并概述了中国弱势群体，特别是老年人及其照顾者面临的一些问题。老年人及其主要的家庭护理人员使用计算机的机会有限，而且缺乏良好的医疗保健，这使得情况变得更加复杂。然而，有人认为这将成为一个增长领域，因为老年人及其护理人员很可能会绕过传统护理而转向远程医疗保健和基于互联网信息的系统。
The Internet is promising to play a prominent role in health care in the future, but there is an imbalance in its use between the East and the West, between genders, the rich and poor, the educated and uneducated and the urban and rural. This paper looks at the use of the Internet from the perspective of these subgroups across the world, and outlines some of the problems facing disadvantaged groups in particular older people and their caregivers in China. Older people and their predominantly family caregivers have limited access to computers which is compounded by lack of access to good health care. However, it is suggested that this will become a growth area as older people and their caregivers may well bypass traditional care for telehealth care and Internet information-based systems.