The symbolic violence of ‘outbreak’: A mixed methods, quasi-experimental impact evaluation of social protection on Ebola survivor wellbeing

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue , 2017, Pages 77-82

  Richardson, Eugene T ^a,b,c   Kelly, J Daniel ^b,d   Sesay, Osman ^b,c   Drasher, Michael D ^b   Desai, Ishaan K ^a   Frankfurter, Raphael ^d   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b,c   Barrie, Mohamed Bailor ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amgits; Apomaafa; Ebola; Outbreak; Social protection; Survivor; Symbolic violence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; FOOD SECURITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; INVESTMENT; LITERACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIXED METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; EVALUATION STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EASTERN PROVINCE [SIERRA LEONE]; KAILAHUN; NORTHERN PROVINCE [SIERRA LEONE]; PORT LOKO; SIERRA LEONE;

EBOLA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034596004     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.018     Document Type: Article

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