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1 online resource (x, 264 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 various governments to establish robust policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in a sample of advanced and low-income countries. Because the global institutions charged with managing the COVID-19 crisis did not work in harmony, the results have been devastating. The four Indigenous communities selected were the Navajo of the southwest United States, Siddi people in India, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia and the Maasai in East Africa. Although these are all diverse communities, spread across different continents, their base economic oppression and survival from colonial violence is a common denominator in hypothesizing the public health management outcomes. However, the research reveals that national leadership and other incoherent pandemic mitigation policies account for a significant amount of the devastation caused in these communities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 24, 2021) |
| Subject |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects
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COVID-19 (Disease)
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Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene
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Siddi (Indic people) -- Health and hygiene
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Health and hygiene
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Maasai (African people) -- Health and hygiene
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COVID-19
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene
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COVID-19 (Disease)
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Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene
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Social aspects
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Health and hygiene
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hardy, Lisa J., author
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| ISBN |
0323999379 |
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9780323999373 |
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9780323998673 |
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0323998674 |
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