“I don’t want to have anything to do with someone suspected of COVID-19”: a genuine infection avoidance interests or inappropriate concerns related to stigma?
Background: Human existence is being challenged by an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 that began in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Efforts to avoid the spread of COVID-19 are undermined by the appearance of disease-associated avoidance of infected pers...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2023-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Public Health in Africa |
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Online Access: | https://www.publichealthinafrica.org/jphia/article/view/2099 |