1. Socio-cultural Factors Influencing the Ebola Virus Disease-related Stigma among African Immigrants in the United States
- Author:
- Guy-Lucien S. Whembolua, Donaldson Conserve, and Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka
- Publication Date:
- 12-2017
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration
- Abstract:
- African immigrants, one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the United States (U.S.), face many unique challenges. Since December 2013, the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been claiming lives and altering the societies of origin of West and Central African immigrants. Using the PEN-3 cultural model, a thematic analysis of mainstream U.S. news media was conducted to assess the socio-cultural factors influencing EVD-related stigma experienced by African immigrants. Results of this analysis revealed the perceptions and enabling/nurturing factors that exacerbated or prevented EVD-related stigma. Future interventions designed to address stigma experienced by African immigrants should include EVD-related stigma.
- Topic:
- Health, Migration, Infectious Diseases, and Ebola
- Political Geography:
- Africa and United States