TY - JOUR
KW - Animals
KW - Disease Outbreaks
KW - Emergencies
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
KW - Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
KW - Influenza in Birds
KW - Influenza, Human
KW - Information Dissemination
KW - Plague
KW - Poultry
KW - Prejudice
KW - Stereotyping
AU - Barrett R
AU - Brown PJ
AB - <p>This article examines the role of stigma in social and institutional responses to infectious disease emergencies, to better understand and minimize these dynamics in the event of a pandemic of virulent influenza. In addition to their impact on human suffering, fear and stigma can seriously delay detection and treatment efforts, cooperation with contact tracing and isolation measures, and the effective distribution of resources for the prevention and control of infectious diseases. These dynamics are illustrated by the Indian plague epidemic of 1994, which occurred in a region where H5N1 influenza has been detected recently. Public fear and stigma also played a significant role in the social and institutional responses to the 1918 influenza pandemic. These historical models provide important lessons for pandemic preparedness and global health policy.</p>
BT - The Journal of infectious diseases
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18269326?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2008 Feb 15
DO - 10.1086/524986
J2 - J. Infect. Dis.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This article examines the role of stigma in social and institutional responses to infectious disease emergencies, to better understand and minimize these dynamics in the event of a pandemic of virulent influenza. In addition to their impact on human suffering, fear and stigma can seriously delay detection and treatment efforts, cooperation with contact tracing and isolation measures, and the effective distribution of resources for the prevention and control of infectious diseases. These dynamics are illustrated by the Indian plague epidemic of 1994, which occurred in a region where H5N1 influenza has been detected recently. Public fear and stigma also played a significant role in the social and institutional responses to the 1918 influenza pandemic. These historical models provide important lessons for pandemic preparedness and global health policy.</p>
PY - 2008
SP - S34
EP - S7
T2 - The Journal of infectious diseases
TI - Stigma in the time of influenza: social and institutional responses to pandemic emergencies.
UR - http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/197/Supplement_1/S34.full.pdf+html?sid=64d8458a-d31d-4e85-a05a-5e5d1a69b0d4
VL - 197 Suppl 1
SN - 0022-1899
ER -