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The inequality of COVID-19 : immediate health communication, governance and response in four indigenous regions /
The Inequality of COVID-19: Immediate Health Communication, Governance and Response in Four Indigenous Regions explores the use of information, communication technologies (ICTs) and longer-term guidelines, directives and general policy initiatives. The cases document implications of the failure of v...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover
- The Inequality of COVID-19
- The Inequality of COVID-19: Immediate Health Communication, Governance and Response in Four Indigenous Regions
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1
- Introduction
- Images of war
- Indigenous communities and COVID-19
- Critical indigenous theory
- Unequal impacts
- The research and its methodologies
- Foci and location
- Four cases
- References
- 2
- Understanding layered dimensions of COVID-19
- Public Health Emergency
- National governments and Indigenous communities: duplicity and layered communication channels
- Continuations of colonial oppression
- Situating COVID-19 in the context of new technologies
- Tribes of the Southwest United States
- Maasai people in East Africa
- Scheduled Indian tribes of India and Pakistan: Siddi people
- Indigenous people of Australia
- ICTs and concepts of the digital divide in Indigenous societies
- Applications in COVID-19 contract tracing
- Roles and networks in governance
- Setting the tone: leaders roles and policy venues in COVID-19 communications
- Communication gatekeepers and problems in the age of "fake news" and misinformation
- Managing infodemics
- The strategy of evasion
- Xenophobia
- Conclusion
- References
- 3
- COVID-19 policy responses and feedback in Navajo country
- ICT: shrinking the digital divide
- Logistical challenges
- COVID-19 stories and government action
- Communications and decisions made
- Further actions and reactions
- Reactions: volunteer workers during COVID-19 lockdowns
- Compassion from San Francisco
- Navajo politics and budgeting priorities
- Saving lives and healing
- COVID-19 and tele-mourning
- Messaging challenges
- COVID-19 patients write and speak
- Signs of hope and reopening plans
- Conclusion
- References.
- 4
- Internal and external Maasai communications and management of COVID-19
- Part I: Situation in Kenya's Maasai universe
- Root causes of poverty: Maasai colonial and neocolonial context
- Kenya policies and communications approaches
- Communication from leaders and bureaucracy
- Pressure to reopen the economy and society
- Church as supporter of government efforts
- Pastoral letters
- Preamble
- Church and the argument against singular solutions
- Communication problems and reactions
- Community reacts on social media
- Fear and anxiety
- Community reactions: constitutionality of government actions
- Solar panels initiatives
- Community water projects
- Fear and fake products in the community
- Creativity in the community
- Community reactions: diets and testing challenges
- Admission of ineffective measures
- Part II: The other story: Tanzania's COVID-19 policies and reactions
- Colonial experience and narrative
- COVID-19 enters and Tanzania's denial
- Policy, limited government outreach, and public health education
- Barriers to COVID-19 risk reduction measures
- Communication barriers
- Misinformation and fear of loss of life and indigeneity
- Community reactions
- Loss and temporary suspension of cultural traditions
- Herbal medicines and miti shamba: why not?
- Conclusion
- References
- 5
- Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in India's Siddi zones
- Governing by scheduling and othering people
- Poverty and policy
- COVID-19 and Indian federalism
- Ecology of ICTs and other challenges
- Communication and messaging
- Communication in different Siddi groups
- International and nationwide messages
- Citizen reactions and policy feedback
- Reaction in urban settings
- Stigmatization beyond caste
- Economic self-reliance and bureaucratic corruption.
- Feedback: Communicating Grievance and NGO-driven self-reliance efforts
- Reactions: use of traditional religious beliefs and reliance on patron Saint Bava Gor
- COVID-19 and India's health-care innovations
- Conclusion
- References
- 6
- COVID-19 communication and Indigenous Australians
- Governance framework and public health policy
- How did it go?
- Testing and tracing
- The summer months
- Realities of COVID-19 prevention initiatives and solutions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Viral misinformation
- Information overload
- Ecosystem of ICTs and other lingering challenges
- Digital divide concerns
- Policy feedback: reactive communication and justice messaging
- Health communication on video clips
- What we learned
- Social trauma
- Conclusion
- References
- 7
- An overview of pandemic response
- Global health systems and COVID-19 preparedness
- Data on COVID-19 messaging and social media
- Immediate government communication
- Unintended consequences
- Elevation of public health-care professionals in policy processes
- Power of government surveillance and the question of democratic governance
- Supporting the community empowerment effort and return to war imagery
- The resurgence of global groupthink?
- Reactions: are we in this together?
- An unusual remdesivir purchase and selfishness
- Propaganda
- The problem of coordination of efforts in governance networks
- Enduring racism and survival strategies
- Public perceptions of the demographics of global leaders
- Conclusion
- References
- 8
- Unequal virus beyond 2020: paths forward
- Social sciences learning and pandemics
- Weak health-care systems and Indigenous populations
- Governments and clustered public policy issues
- The inequality of COVID-19 and ICT regimes
- Investments in public health
- Evaluation of risk.
- A Kantian ideal: why we should be humans first
- Science and global shared values
- Existential threat and enduring structural barriers to equitable public health
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Back Cover.