Emergence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: Anthropological and Social Science Perspectives.

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  • Author(s): Sonekar HB;Sonekar HB; Ponnaiah M; Ponnaiah M
  • Source:
    Disaster medicine and public health preparedness [Disaster Med Public Health Prep] 2020 Dec; Vol. 14 (6), pp. 759-761. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 24.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101297401 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-744X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19357893 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Disaster Med Public Health Prep Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: <2013>- : New York : Cambridge University Press
      Original Publication: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Subject Terms:
      Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* ; Social Sciences*; COVID-19/*epidemiology; COVID-19/transmission ; Disease Outbreaks ; Health Communication/standards ; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology ; Humans ; Mass Media ; Public Health ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Social Media ; Social Stigma
    • Abstract:
      With the ongoing coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, SARS-CoV-2), the entire community of health professionals is working to control disease and investing crores in vaccine development. The present discussion is to bring the focus on various social issues that emerge during outbreak and calls for equal attention as that of other health-care interventions. These issues are summarized in three categories: first, stigmatization due to lack of knowledge about the source of infection; second, speculations and their consequences around lack of knowledge about transmission; and finally, the concern regarding miscommunication during such a crisis. Most of these concerns emerge from press and social media coverage of the episode. The Ebola outbreak response is an example of how social scientists and anthropologists can work with other experts to solve questions of public health importance. Their approach toward the community with the objective to understand the sources, reasons, and circumstances of the infection will help to manage the current outbreak. In this context, we suggest collaboration of diverse scientific community to control and sensitize the people to tackle the misinformation in the affected and non-affected community during the outbreaks.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: emergency preparedness; public health; public health practice; public health surveillance; social networking
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200625 Date Completed: 20210428 Latest Revision: 20210428
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7385311
    • Accession Number:
      10.1017/dmp.2020.203
    • Accession Number:
      32576324