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Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Oct;21(10):1701-8. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0852.
The radical and transformative developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) offer unprecedented opportunities to promote cancer control and enhance population and individual health. However, the current context in which these technologies are being deployed--where cancer incidence and mortality and communication are characterized by inequalities among different racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status groups--raises important questions for cancer communication research, policy, and practice. Drawing on illustrative data, this essay characterizes the communications revolution and elucidates its implications for cancer control, with a particular focus on communication inequalities and cancer disparities.
信息和通信技术(ICT)的重大变革和转型发展为促进癌症控制以及提高人口和个人健康水平带来了前所未有的机遇。然而,在当前这些技术的应用背景下——癌症发病率和死亡率以及传播呈现出不同种族/族裔和社会经济地位群体之间的不平等——这给癌症传播研究、政策和实践提出了重要问题。本文通过说明性数据,描述了通信革命,并阐明了其对癌症控制的影响,特别关注通信不平等和癌症差异。