ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2020
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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- Advancing the Health of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the United States: Identifying Gaps in the Existing Literature, 2021.Health promotion practice · 2022Pooled it
- Lived experiences of farmworkers from five U. S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Internet Devices and Internet Access Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, North Carolina, 2023.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2024Article
- Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy among Refugees and Migrants during the First Two Years of COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Community health worker outreach to farmworkers in rural North Carolina: Learning from adaptations to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- An Analysis of the Availability of Health Education Materials for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers.Journal of agromedicine · 2023Article
- Digital Inclusion for Farmworkers in a Pandemic: The North Carolina Farmworker Health Program Internet Connectivity Project, 2020‒2021.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- The Age of Mobility: Can Equalization of Public Health Services Alleviate the Poverty of Migrant Workers?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Community Health Workers' Role in Addressing Farmworker Health Disparities.Journal of agromedicine · 2022Article
- Migrant agricultural workers' deaths in Ontario from January 2020 to June 2021: a qualitative descriptive study.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in the World: How Could This Happen?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Impact of COVID-19 on the digital divide: a rapid review.BMJ open · 2021Review
- Human information behavior during the Covid-19 health crisis. A literature review.Library & information science research · 2021Review
- Clinical outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 among migrant populations in high-income countries: A systematic review.Journal of migration and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
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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