Digital Inclusion for Farmworkers in a Pandemic: The North Carolina Farmworker Health Program Internet Connectivity Project, 2020‒2021.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cofie, Leslie E., ; Rivera, Natalie D.; Santillán-Deras, Jocelyn R.; Knox, Glenn; Lee, Joseph G. L.
- Source
- American Journal of Public Health; Nov2022, Vol. 112 Issue 11, p1551-1555, 5p
- Subject
- Digital divide
Human services programs
Information resources
Family relations
COVID-19 pandemic
Information technology
Evaluation of human services programs
Psychology of agricultural laborers
Digital technology
Rural conditions
Internet access
Health
Internet service providers
Telemedicine
North Carolina
- Language
- ISSN
- 00900036
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) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]