The Impact of Ebola Infection on Demographic and Social Outcomes in Sierra Leone

埃博拉感染对塞拉利昂人口和社会结果的影响

• 批准号: 10019412
• 负责人: Philip Anthony Anglewicz
• 金额: $ 15.61万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-16 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10019412
• 关键词: Affect; Anxiety; Case Study; Characteristics; Clinical; Communicable Diseases; Communities; Data; Demographic Impact; Disease Outbreaks; Ebola; Economics; Epidemic; Family; Female; Fertility; Funding; Future; Goals; Guilt; Guinea; Health; Health care facility; Household; Household and Family; Hunger; Individual; Infection; Liberia; Marriage; Measures; Mental Depression; Mental Health; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; Outcome; Participant; Pathway interactions; Perception; Personal Satisfaction; Population; Poverty; Public Health; Publications; Qualitative Methods; Recording of previous events; Recovery; Research; Sampling; Science; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Sierra Leone; Social Impacts; Social Interaction; Social Network; Spontaneous abortion; Stigmatization; Survivors; Trauma; United States National Institutes of Health; ZIKA; caregiving; coping mechanism; experience; interest; member; migration; mortality; physical conditioning; population based; psychologic; psychological distress; public health relevance; resilience; social; social capital; social stigma; sociodemographics; stem

Project Summary: The limited body of research on Ebola suggests that, among survivors and their families, there are substantial impacts of infection on social and demographic outcomes, yet little is known about this topic. The 2014-15 Ebola epidemic was by far the most severe in history, with over 28,000 reported cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and more than 10,000 survivors. Among survivors, the impact of Ebola infection extended beyond just physical health; the consequences range from the psychological (depression, anxiety, guilt) to demographic and social (marital dissolution, migration, stigma), many of which are likely to be long-lasting. However, to date, very little research has examined the impact of Ebola on social and demographic outcomes- both for survivors, as well as their families- and the existing research has important limitations. The vast majority of research on social and demographic impacts of Ebola infection is qualitative and uses convenience samples. Several topics have not been examined, like the longer-term impacts of Ebola infection, factors promoting recovery and resilience after infection among survivors, and indirect impact of Ebola infection on households. This proposed research will be the first population-based quantitative study on the impacts of Ebola infection on social and demographic outcomes. We seek to collect data for three populations in Sierra Leone: individuals who (1) were infected with Ebola but survived (the infected), (2) had a household member who died from Ebola (the affected), and (3) were neither infected or had a household member die from Ebola infection (neither infected nor affected). The Specific Aims for this study therefore include: SA #1: To examine the consequences of Ebola infection on demographic and social outcomes, such as marriage, fertility, migration, and mental and physical health; and social outcomes, such as views towards health facilities, perceptions of mortality, social interactions and networks. To accomplish this goal, we will compare these outcomes between Ebola survivors and those who were not infected in the same communities in Sierra Leone, while controlling for characteristics that differ between these groups and may impact the outcomes of interest. SA #2: Among Ebola survivors, to identify coping mechanisms that promoted resilience and recovery after Ebola infection. Among Ebola survivors, we will identify those who more effectively recovered from Ebola, and identify characteristics that are associated with effective recovery. Several aspects of recovery will be measured, including health and well-being, economic status, and social capital. SA #3: To measure the indirect impacts of Ebola infection on households and families. To do so, we will compare sociodemographic outcomes between households affected by Ebola and those who were neither infected nor affected by Ebola.

项目概要： 关于埃博拉病毒的有限研究表明，在幸存者及其家人中， 感染对社会和人口结果的重大影响，但知之甚少 关于这个话题。 2014-15 年的埃博拉疫情是迄今为止历史上最严重的一次，超过 几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂报告了 28,000 例病例，幸存者超过 10,000 人。 对于幸存者来说，埃博拉感染的影响不仅仅限于身体健康；这 后果范围从心理（抑郁、焦虑、内疚）到人口和 社会性的（婚姻破裂、移徙、耻辱），其中许多可能是长期的。 然而，迄今为止，很少有研究探讨埃博拉病毒对社会和社会的影响。 人口统计结果——幸存者及其家人——以及现有的研究 有重要的局限性。绝大多数关于社会和人口影响的研究 埃博拉病毒感染是定性的，并使用方便样本。好几个话题都没有 研究了埃博拉感染的长期影响、促进康复的因素以及 幸存者感染后的恢复能力，以及埃博拉感染对家庭的间接影响。 这项拟议的研究将是第一个基于人群的影响的定量研究 埃博拉感染对社会和人口结果的影响。我们寻求收集三个方面的数据 塞拉利昂人口：(1) 感染埃博拉病毒但幸存的个体（ 感染者），（2）有一名家庭成员死于埃博拉病毒（受影响者），并且（3）两者都不是 感染埃博拉病毒或有家庭成员死于埃博拉病毒（既未感染也未受影响）。 因此，本研究的具体目标包括： SA #1：检查以下后果： 埃博拉感染对人口和社会结果的影响，例如婚姻、生育、移民和 精神和身体健康；和社会成果，例如对卫生设施的看法， 对死亡率、社会互动和网络的看法。为了实现这一目标，我们将 比较埃博拉幸存者和同一时期未感染者之间的这些结果 塞拉利昂的社区，同时控制这些社区之间不同的特征 群体并可能影响利益的结果。 SA #2：在埃博拉幸存者中，确定 促进埃博拉感染后恢复能力和恢复的应对机制。埃博拉病毒 幸存者，我们将确定那些更有效地从埃博拉病毒中康复的人，并确定 与有效恢复相关的特征。恢复的几个方面 衡量的内容包括健康和福祉、经济状况和社会资本。 SA#3：至 衡量埃博拉感染对家庭和家庭的间接影响。为此，我们将 比较受埃博拉病毒影响的家庭和受埃博拉病毒影响的家庭之间的社会人口统计结果 既没有感染埃博拉病毒，也没有受到埃博拉病毒的影响。