Unintended Consequences of Screening for Ebola
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11029854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura J Faherty (0000-0002-8953-8856, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Chyke A Doubeni (0000-0001-7495-0285, Laura Johnson Faherty is with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Leonard Davis Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Chyke A. Doubeni is with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Leonard Davis Institute, and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1738-1739 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2015.302768 |
| PMID | 26180954 |
| OpenAlex | W2137707228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
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
Criminology · Ebola virus · Environmental health · Family medicine · Outbreak · Political science · Poverty · Public health · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |