Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 15;19(24):16854. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416854.
The digital divide proved a critical barrier to accessing information and healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic and negatively impacted the Bhutanese refugee community. Moving beyond a technological model of the digital divide that highlights a lack of access to computers and the internet, we engaged the community to co-produce a dynamic approach that identifies the impact of socio-cultural and socio-environmental factors as well. Our paper reports on our community-academic research partnership and explores how the digital divide exacerbates health disparities in a midwestern Bhutanese refugee community. Combining the efforts of the community, anthropologists and social workers, this paper reports on the health disparities that confront the community as well as interventions designed to mitigate social inequities.
数字鸿沟在 COVID-19 大流行期间被证明是获取信息和医疗保健的一个关键障碍，对不丹难民社区产生了负面影响。超越将数字鸿沟简化为缺乏计算机和互联网接入的技术模式，我们让社区共同制定了一种动态的方法，确定社会文化和社会环境因素的影响。本文报告了我们的社区-学术研究伙伴关系，并探讨了数字鸿沟如何加剧中西部不丹难民社区的健康差距。本文结合社区、人类学家和社会工作者的努力，报告了社区面临的健康差距以及旨在减轻社会不平等的干预措施。
