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'When I die, let me be the last.' Community health worker perspectives on past Ebola and Marburg outbreaks in Uganda.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Aug2019, Vol. 14 Issue 8, p1182-1192, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Uganda suffered four Ebola and five Marburg virus outbreaks from 2000 to 2012 with significant health worker mortality. This paper describes findings from 41 interviews with health workers from three outbreaks. Interviewees frequently encountered stigma from their communities, sometimes accompanied by mistrust and violence. These difficulties were defined as 'challenges of society.' Health workers also suffered emotional trauma, depressive symptoms, and fear classified as 'challenges of psyche.' As the incidence of such outbreaks will likely increase due to ecological and economic trends, health workers require greater access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and knowledge of viral containment. Such improvements would create an optimal psychosocial climate for managing infectious patients ultimately decreasing the severity of future outbreaks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AFFECTIVE disorders
SOCIAL alienation
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
PREVENTION of communicable diseases
COMMUNITY health workers
MENTAL depression
EBOLA virus disease
EMOTIONS
DISEASE outbreaks
INDUSTRIAL safety
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
PERSONAL protective equipment
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SOCIAL stigma
WOUNDS & injuries
OCCUPATIONAL hazards
ENVIRONMENTAL exposure
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
THEMATIC analysis
PATIENTS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RNA virus infections
PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137164394
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2018.1552306