Digital Inclusion for Farmworkers in a Pandemic: The North Carolina Farmworker Health Program Internet Connectivity Project, 2020‒2021.

The North Carolina Farmworker Health Program (NCFHP) implemented an emergency program in response to North Carolina migrant and seasonal farmworkers' urgent need for Internet access for health information, family connections, and telehealth services during COVID-19 isolation and quarantine. This art...

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Publicado en:	American Journal of Public Health Vol. 112; no. 11; pp. 1551 - 1556
Autores principales:	Cofie, Leslie E., Rivera, Natalie D., Santillán-Deras, Jocelyn R., Knox, Glenn, Lee, Joseph G. L.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Public Health Association Nov2022
Materias:	North Carolina Evaluation of human services programs Rural conditions Internet access Human services programs Health Information resources Family relations COVID-19 pandemic Information technology Digital divide Psychology of agricultural laborers Digital technology Internet service providers Telemedicine
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Sumario:	The North Carolina Farmworker Health Program (NCFHP) implemented an emergency program in response to North Carolina migrant and seasonal farmworkers' urgent need for Internet access for health information, family connections, and telehealth services during COVID-19 isolation and quarantine. This article describes the NCFHP Internet Connectivity Project implementation and evaluation from June 2020 to December 2021. The project placed 448 devices across the state and provided Internet access to more than 3184 farmworkers during the 2021 peak farming season. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(11):1551–1555. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307017)