Evolution of Ebola Virus Disease from Exotic Infection to Global Health Priority, Liberia, Mid-2014

Arwady, M. Allison; Bawo, Luke; Hunter, Jennifer C.; Massaquoi, Moses; Matanock, Almea; Dahn, Bernice; Ayscue, Patrick; Nyenswah, Tolbert; Forrester, Joseph D.; Hensley, Lisa E.; Monroe, Benjamin; Schoepp, Randal J.; Chen, Tai Ho; Schaecher, Kurt E.; George, Thomas; Rouse, Edward N; Schafer, Ilana J.; Pillai, Satish K.; Cock, Kevin M. De

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“…Some government measures designed to mitigate disease transmission such as banning “mass gatherings,” curtailing social interactions, and repurposing public facilities (e.g., using a school as a holding center for suspected and probable EVD cases), actually backfired, generating fear reactions and FRBs that increased risks [31]. …”

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The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Shultz

Cooper

Baingana

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The 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease pandemic was the largest, longest, deadliest, and most geographically expansive outbreak in the 40-year interval since Ebola was first identified. Fear-related behaviors played an important role in shaping the outbreak. Fear-related behaviors are defined as “individual or collective behaviors and actions initiated in response to fear reactions that are triggered by a perceived threat or actual exposure to a potentially traumatizing event. FRBs modify the future risk of harm.” This review examines how fear-related behaviors were implicated in (1) accelerating the spread of Ebola, (2) impeding the utilization of life-saving Ebola treatment, (3) curtailing the availability of medical services for treatable conditions, (4) increasing the risks for new-onset psychological distress and psychiatric disorders, and (5) amplifying the downstream cascades of social problems. Fear-related behaviors are identified for each of these outcomes. Particularly notable are behaviors such as treating Ebola patients in home or private clinic settings, the “laying of hands” on Ebola-infected individuals to perform faith-based healing, observing hands-on funeral and burial customs, foregoing available life-saving treatment, and stigmatizing Ebola survivors and health professionals. Future directions include modeling the onset, operation, and perpetuation of fear-related behaviors and devising strategies to redirect behavioral responses to mass threats in a manner that reduces risks and promotes resilience.

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The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Shultz

Cooper

Baingana

et al. 2016

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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“…2 The impact and effect of EVD on healthcare service delivery was significant, reflected by the steadily decreasing numbers of patients accessing health services in the early phase of the outbreak. 3 The primary reasons for this decrease included the fear of contracting EVD from HCWs, the feeling of not being protected, and insecurity, prejudice and discrimination. 4 At the beginning of the outbreak, HCWs did not have the ability to practise and maintain a safe working environment, and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures were limited; no IPC policies or guidelines existed and no routine evaluations of IPC were conducted in health facilities prior to the EVD outbreak.…”

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Infection prevention and control in health facilities in post-Ebola Liberia: don't forget the private sector!

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Musa

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“…Because lack of reliable epidemiologic data was a major challenge from the outset, the teams quickly began to improve surveillance, laboratory, and information management systems to collect, analyze, and report data needed to guide response actions (10). CDC field teams regularly traveled to districts and villages to work with community teams on patient identification and isolation, contact tracing, infection control, social mobilization, and safe burials.…”

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Overview, Control Strategies, and Lessons Learned in the CDC Response to the 2014–2016 Ebola Epidemic

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Damon²,

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Evolution of Ebola Virus Disease from Exotic Infection to Global Health Priority, Liberia, Mid-2014

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The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Infection prevention and control in health facilities in post-Ebola Liberia: don't forget the private sector!

Overview, Control Strategies, and Lessons Learned in the CDC Response to the 2014–2016 Ebola Epidemic

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