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- Title
Unintended Consequences of Screening for Ebola.
- Authors
Johnson Faherty, Laura; Doubeni, Chyke A.
- Abstract
Ebola virus disease (EVD) reached the United States in September 2014, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to publish screening guidelines to identify patients with high-risk exposures at their first point of contact with the health care system. In West Africa, the burden of EVD is superimposed on the trauma of decades of civil war, violence, and poverty. Therefore, an important consideration in implementing screening procedures in the United States is the potential to unintentionally exacerbate posttraumatic stress disorder, or add additional stress from stigma and discrimination, among the West African diaspora. We recommend rigorous research to develop and implement evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches to screening for communicable diseases during outbreaks, using principles of community-engaged or community-based participatory research.
- Subjects
WEST Africa; EBOLA virus disease prevention; PREVENTION of post-traumatic stress disorder; COMMUNITY health services; EBOLA virus disease; MEDICAL screening; WOUNDS &; injuries; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 105, Issue 9, p1738
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2015.302768