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Journal article
Socio-cultural factors influencing the Ebola Virus disease-related stigma among African immigrants in the United States
Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration, (9), pp.117-139
2017
Abstract
African immigrants, one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the United States (U.S.), face many unique challenges. Since December 2013, the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been claiming lives and altering the societies of origin of West and Central African immigrants. Using the PEN-3 cultural model, a thematic analysis of mainstream U.S. news media was conducted to assess the socio-cultural factors influencing EVD-related stigma experienced by African immigrants. Results of this analysis revealed the perceptions and enabling/nurturing factors that exacerbated or prevented EVD-related stigma. Future interventions designed to address stigma experienced by African immigrants should include EVD-related stigma.
Details
- Title
- Socio-cultural factors influencing the Ebola Virus disease-related stigma among African immigrants in the United States
- Publication Details
- Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration, (9), pp.117-139
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- https://africamigration.com/
- Copyright
- It is free to individuals and institutions. Copies of Ìrìnkèrindò and articles in it, for which Ìrìnkèrindò: Journal of African Migration holds the copyright, may be distributed for research or educational purposes free of charge and without permission.
- Identifiers
- 99380090874706600
- Academic Unit
- Public Health; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English