Stigma relating to tuberculosis infection prevention and control implementation in rural health facilities in South Africa — a qualitative study outlining opportunities for mitigation
Health facilities may unwittingly perpetuate stigma through TB IPC implementation, but they also have the potential to reduce it. Evoking 'ubuntu' as an African humanist conceptual framework could provide a novel perspective to guide future TB IPC stigma mitigation interventions, including policy changes to universal IPC precautions.
Authors
- Rodney Ehrlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-9237)
- Helene‐Mari van der Westhuizen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9233-2349)
- Sarah Tonkin‐Crine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-1151)
- Trisha Greenhalgh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-8088)
- Christopher Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453)
- Ncumisa Somdyala
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Zithulele Hospital (ZA)
- University of Oxford (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Global and Public Health
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-024-00097-8
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.78