Contact Tracing
Barriers and Facilitators
Bibliographic Data
Contact tracing—the process of identifying, isolating, and managing infected persons and their contacts—is a recognized public health measure for controlling the transmission of infectious diseases. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing has received intense attention. We provide a brief overview of the history of contact tracing during several major disease outbreaks in the past century: syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections, HIV infection, tuberculosis, Ebola virus disease, and COVID-19. Our discussion on the barriers to and facilitators of contact tracing offers a perspective on societal and institutional roles and dynamics, stigma as a major barrier to effective tracing efforts, and how the nature and epidemiology of the infection itself can affect its success. We explore the evolution and adaptation of contact tracing and provide insights for future programming and research. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(7):1025–1033. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306842 )
Contact tracing · Context (archaeology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Pandemic · Pathology · Public health · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
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An Equity-Focused Care Continuum Framework for Mpox and Future Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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Are we heroes or couriers? A phenomenological study on reappropriation of professional subjectivity and agency among health professionals during Covid-19 contact tracing in Türkiye
Tuberculosis and Stigmatization
A scoping review of health-related stigma outcomes for high-burden diseases in low- and middle-income countries
Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of Sars-CoV-2 in different settings
Acceptability of App-Based Contact Tracing for Covid-19
Stigma
Exclusivity of Cultural Practices Within Emerging Disease Outbreak Responses in Developing Nations Leads to Detrimental Outcomes
Community response to the Ebola outbreak
Tackling tuberculosis patients' internalized social stigma through patient centred care
Impact of experienced HIV stigma on health is mediated by internalized stigma and depression
The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures
Prevalence and Public Health Implications of State Laws that Criminalize Potential HIV Exposure in the United States
The political history of syphilis and its application to the Aids epidemic
Taking the cure to the poor
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HIV prevention and the two faces of partner notification
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Community tuberculosis care through "TB clubs" in rural North Ethiopia
Stigma as a barrier to treatment of sexually transmitted infection in the American deep south
Stigma, HIV and Aids
Stigmatization, scapegoating and discrimination in sexually transmitted diseases
HIV and Aids-related stigma and discrimination
| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |