Global challenges to public health care systems during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review of pandemic measures and problems

R Filip, R Gheorghita Puscaselu… - Journal of personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Beginning in December 2019, the world faced a critical new public health stressor with the
emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Its spread was extraordinarily rapid, and in a matter of weeks …

The tragic paradoxical effect of telemedicine on healthcare disparities-a time for redemption: a narrative review

M Haimi - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023 - Springer
Background Telemedicine has become more convenient and advantageous due to the rapid
development of the internet and telecommunications. A growing number of patients are …

A multi-stakeholder approach is needed to reduce the digital divide and encourage equitable access to telehealth

VM Gallegos-Rejas, EE Thomas… - … of Telemedicine and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the COVID-19 pandemic onset, there has been exponential growth in the uptake of
telehealth, globally. However, evidence suggests that people living in lower socioeconomic …

The digital divide: a literature review and some directions for future research in light of COVID-19

N Aissaoui - Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Coronavirus (COVID-19) has exposed the digital divide (DD) like never before and
has made it a hot topic of actuality. In this paper, a state of the art of research studies that …

Impact of COVID-19 on migrants' access to primary care and implications for vaccine roll-out: a national qualitative study

F Knights, J Carter, A Deal, AF Crawshaw… - British Journal of …, 2021 - bjgp.org
Background COVID-19 has led to big changes in UK primary care, including rapid
digitalisation, with unknown impact on migrant groups. Aim To understand the pandemic's …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for health equity and virtual care arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: narrative review

J Shaw, LPC Brewer, T Veinot - JMIR Formative Research, 2021 - formative.jmir.org
Background: The COVID-19 health crisis has disproportionately impacted populations who
have been historically marginalized in health care and public health, including low-income …

A review of mental health disparities during COVID-19: Evidence, mechanisms, and policy recommendations for promoting societal resilience

AM Parenteau, CJ Boyer, LJ Campos… - Development and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Social and economic inequality are chronic stressors that continually erode the mental and
physical health of marginalized groups, undermining overall societal resilience. In this …

Mental health & parental concerns during COVID-19: The experiences of new mothers amidst social isolation

R Ollivier, M Aston, S Price, M Sim, B Benoit, P Joy… - Midwifery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented situation for new
parents, with public health orders greatly affecting daily life as well as various aspects of …

Telemedicine adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic: gaps and inequalities

J Luo, L Tong, BH Crotty, M Somai… - Applied clinical …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Background The telemedicine industry has been experiencing fast growth in recent years.
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) further accelerated the deployment …

Shifts in office and virtual primary care during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

RH Glazier, ME Green, FC Wu, E Frymire, A Kopp… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Globally, primary care changed dramatically as a result of the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to understand the degree to which office …