With significantly higher rates of comorbidities and limited access to health care, some Appalachian rural communities face magnified health challenges due to COVID-19. This article looks at one example of how data visualizations might draw attention to health care realities in rural communities and yet render invisible the realities of the most vulnerable community members. The authors urge technical and professional communicators to contextualize data-driven accounts of public health crises in order to call attention to the needs of rural communities and support community members who are multiply marginalized and thus especially vulnerable.

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农村健康和情境化数据

由于 COVID-19 的合并症发生率显着升高且获得医疗保健的机会有限，一些阿巴拉契亚农村社区面临着更大的健康挑战。本文着眼于一个示例，说明数据可视化如何引起人们对农村社区医疗保健现实的关注，同时使最弱势社区成员的现实变得不可见。作者敦促技术和专业传播者将公共卫生危机的数据驱动描述置于情境中，以引起人们对农村社区需求的关注，并支持被多重边缘化并因此特别脆弱的社区成员。