Are we heroes or couriers? A phenomenological study on reappropriation of professional subjectivity and agency among health professionals during COVID-19 contact tracing in Türkiye

Ayşe Polat, Zübeyde Demircioğlu and Hüseyin Küçükali

Social Science & Medicine, 2024, vol. 351, issue C

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Türkiye implemented a distinctive contact tracing approach involving in-person home visits by medical professionals to individuals who tested positive for the virus. This study examines the experiences of health professionals involved in contact tracing, exploring how they reappropriated their professional subjectivity and agency during their deployment in this role. It is an interpretive phenomenological qualitative study. We conducted 21 semi-structured in-depth interviews, subsequently carried out two separate focus group interviews with an additional 31 participants from various districts in Istanbul. Participants were selected from different medical professions (i.e. doctors, nurses, midwives), career stages, gender and age groups, and hierarchical levels (i.e. officers and directors). Data analysis was conducted collaboratively by the research team from sociology and public health disciplines.

Keywords: Agency; Contact tracing; Health professionals; Health workers; Pandemic; Subjectivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116924

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