Marginalized Covid-19 patients and their significant others in Kashmir (India)

Manifesting the hidden structural vulnerabilities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22945686
AutoresMohmad Saleem Jahangir (0000-0002-2218-0159, University of Kashmir), Zakir Hussain Gadda (0000-0002-0129-5117, University of Kashmir, autor de correspondencia), Shameem Ahamad Ganayee (0000-0002-9483-1790, University of Kashmir)
Año2022
Volumen37
Número3
Fecha de publicación2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/daac069
PMID35788300
OpenAlexW4283823708
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas20

Using a qualitative approach, this study aimed to undertake an in-depth exploration of the experiences of COVID-19 patients and their significant others among the economically weaker sections in Kashmir. The study was conducted on 18 participants of different households solely from rural Kashmir while using the purposive sampling technique to recruit the participants and the principle of data saturation to determine the sample size. Data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews and analyzed through Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis framework. From the data analysis, six overarching themes of diagnosis, healthcare, treatment, survival thereof, social support and stigma were arrived at, which delineated the direct or indirect experiences of participants with COVID-19. The findings of the study revealed that the economically weaker sections of rural Kashmir are deprived of requisite healthcare facilities, which further intensifies their vulnerabilities to COVID-19 and associated health issues. They lie at the core of acute health disadvantage amid the COVID-19 crisis, and are hence drifted toward extreme marginality and socioeconomic adversity.

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Criminology · Environmental health · Geography · Outbreak · Pathology · Political science · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Psychology · Virology