Ebola-related stigma in Ghana: Individual and community level determinants

Eric Y. Tenkorang

Social Science & Medicine, 2017, vol. 182, issue C, 142-149

Abstract: Although Ebola-related stigmatization continues to undermine efforts to re-integrate survivors, few studies have examined what influences such stigmatizing attitudes.

Keywords: Ghana; Ebola virus disease; Stigma; Risk perception; Myths; Knowledge; Multi-level modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.060

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