南非农村社区中COVID-19相关的耻辱:一种混合方法分析
Duduzile P Mashinini1, Nicole K Kelly2, Palesa Mataboge3
1Carolina Population Center, Biosocial Training Program, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
PloS one
|July 18, 2024
概括
在南非农村地区,COVID-19的耻辱感有所减少,但对排斥的恐惧仍然影响了披露感染状况的意愿. 公共卫生战略必须解决这些社区持续存在的传染病污名.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,传染病的耻辱感阻碍了疾病控制,阻碍了治疗和预防.
- 非洲农村地区的COVID-19污名化存在有限的研究,尽管艾滋病毒/艾滋病污名化存在历史挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估南非农村地区COVID-19相关的耻辱感.
- 检查 stigma 随着时间的推移以及相关的社会人口统计因素的变化.
- 了解污名对揭露感染状况的意愿的影响.
主要方法:
- 在南非Mpumalanga (2020-2021) 对1662名成年人的基于人口的调查.
- 测量预期的COVID-19污名化水平和社会人口统计学关联.
- 对31名参与者进行的关于感知和实施的耻辱感的定性访谈进行主题分析.
主要成果:
- 预期的COVID-19污名在2020年和2021年之间显著下降 (p<0.0001).
- 2020年,更高的耻辱程度与老年人群和较低的COVID-19知识有关.
- 参与者认为COVID-19的耻辱感类似于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的耻辱感,随着时间的推移,恐惧感减少.
结论:
- 虽然COVID-19的耻辱感下降了,但各种形式仍然存在,影响了披露意愿.
- 在南非农村社区减轻传染病污名对公众健康至关重要.
- 需要政府战略来解决耻辱,以艾滋病毒流行病的教训为基础.
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