Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the already existing marginalization of displaced peoples. It is within the pockets of marginalization experienced by this population that technologies played a key role in enabling resilient health responses to the pandemic. Health and humanitarian workers turned to telemedicine, mobile applications, and other online platforms to provide services to refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. Similarly, displaced populations themselves deployed technologies within their communities to fill in systemic gaps within national response plans. This chapter presents such initiatives as that of technologically mediated resilience and then unpacks the challenges faced when technologically mediating resilience for and with displaced populations. Lastly, the chapter highlights ways forward as we consider how technologies can contribute to transformative resilience that addresses the root causes of the marginalization of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Resilient Health |
| Subtitle of host publication | Leveraging Technology and Social Innovations to Transform Healthcare for COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond |
| Editors | Judy Kuriansky, Pradeep Kakkattil |
| Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Elsevier B.V. |
| Chapter | 59 |
| Pages | 741-749 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780443185298 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780443185304 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2024 |
Keywords
- Community resilience
- COVID-19
- Digital technology
- Healthcare
- Migration
- Pandemic
- Public health
- Resilience
