适应和验证尺度来衡量COVID-19的耻辱态度和感知
Janet M Turan1, Kaylee B Crockett2, Young-Il Kim2
1School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Stigma and health
|September 15, 2025
概括
这项研究开发并验证了衡量COVID-19污名的尺度,揭示了其有可能恶化健康差异的潜力. 这些工具可以帮助解决污名化问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
- 健康差距 研究 研究 研究 研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19 (冠状病毒疾病2019) 病例和测试率揭示了美国各地的显著种族和社会经济差异.
- 针对性COVID-19测试虽然对制至关重要,但有可能使边缘化人口受到污名和歧视.
- 众所周知,健康耻辱会阻止个人及时寻求医疗保健,隐藏疾病,并采取预防性行为.
研究的目的:
- 适应和验证来自HIV污名研究的尺度,以测量COVID-19污名.
- 评估对COVID-19患者的负面态度.
- 评估社区对COVID-19患者所经历的耻辱感的看法.
主要方法:
- 根据污名专家和社区合作伙伴的意见,调整了现有的艾滋病污名度量表.
- 在阿拉巴马州 (n=302) 高社会脆弱地区的非裔美国居民中进行了社区调查.
- 使用可靠性测试,缩小尺度项目,构造有效性检查和回归分析.
主要成果:
- 开发并验证了两种衡量COVID-19污名的尺度.
- 最终的天平显示出良好的可靠性和有效性.
- 在未来的研究和公共卫生计划中,可以利用尺度.
结论:
- 经过验证的尺度提供了一个衡量COVID-19污名的工具.
- 了解和解决COVID-19的耻辱感对于减轻健康差异至关重要.
- 这些尺度可以为改善测试和预防措施的干预提供信息,以便在未来的流行病中采取预防措施.
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