Abstract

Modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) may be used to improve health care. Residents in rural areas appear to be at risk because they may still be plagued by diseases that might have been more easily prevented or managed if they have easy access to online e-health information provided by modern ICTs. Good health is vital for meaningful progress. Achieving good health is the third in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. However, this goal may not be achieved among the people living in some rural areas because they do not have quick and adequate health information online. A field survey was carried out to sample the opinions of 621 respondents from 14 rural communities in Ota, Western Nigeria, on their access to online services. Since they have little or no access to online health information, their active participation and contribution to achieving sustainable e-health are almost non-existent. This study recommends that government and non-governmental organizations take urgent steps to increase residents’ access to the internet to facilitate their adoption of e-health and, by extension, SDG Goal Three’s speedy achievement.

摘要

现代信息和通信技术（ICT）可用于改善医疗保健。农村地区的居民似乎处于危险之中，因为如果他们能够轻松访问现代ICT提供的在线电子卫生信息，他们可能仍然会受到疾病的困扰，这些疾病可能更容易预防或控制。身体健康对于取得有意义的进步至关重要。实现健康是联合国可持续发展目标中的第三项。但是，由于某些农村地区的人们在线上没有快速而适当的健康信息，因此他们可能无法实现这一目标。进行了实地调查，以抽样调查尼日利亚西部大田地区14个农村社区的621名受访者对获得在线服务的意见。由于他们很少或根本无法访问在线健康信息，它们几乎不存在对实现可持续电子健康的积极参与和贡献。这项研究建议政府和非政府组织采取紧急措施，以增加居民对互联网的访问，以促进他们对电子医疗的采用，并进而实现SDG目标三的快速实现。