一个大流行的指标指标
Vincanne Adams1, Clare Chandler2, Ann H Kelly3
1Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Medical anthropology quarterly
|February 28, 2024
概括
随着COVID-19的爆发,我们发现了指标如何塑造我们的生活. 衡量指标对于确立疫情至关重要,并继续影响公众参与和对全球卫生危机的理解.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 科学社会学科学社会学
- 科学与技术研究 研究科学与技术研究
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的爆发,公众健康和政策的指标显著地受到影响.
- 衡量标准在将SARS-CoV-2病毒定为全球健康问题方面发挥了关键作用.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间检查指标的执行力和存在能力.
- 探索如何计量实践塑造了流行病的出现和经验.
- 分析COVID-19指标的情感维度和叙事构造.
主要方法:
- 对计量实践及其公众参与的定性分析.
- 检查与COVID-19指标相关的叙事弧,机会,误导和删除.
- 探索指标在塑造流行病生活中的情感潜力.
主要成果:
- 预测性计量实践对于将COVID-19大流行确定为公共卫生和政治事件至关重要.
- COVID-19指标具有情感力量,以深刻而往往无法控制的方式吸引公众.
- 度量创造了特定的叙事弧,揭示了机会和公共理解中的重大擦除.
结论:
- 疫情促进了持续的"指标大流行",从根本上改变了社会生活和理解健康危机的方式.
- 衡量指标不是中立的工具,而是构建现实和塑造公众反应的积极代理.
- 需要进一步考虑指标在应对公共卫生挑战中的存在作用.
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