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Maccaro, Alessia, Piaggio, Davide, Vignigbé, Marius, Stingl, Alexander and Pecchia, Leandro (2022) COVID-19 preparedness and social dynamics in a Sub-Saharan Africa country, Benin. Health Promotion International, 37 (4). daac105. doi:10.1093/heapro/daac105 ISSN 0957-4824.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac105
Abstract
This project aims to assess and analyse the perception and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Benin. The applied research methodology was interdisciplinary and combined field studies that used ethnographic and social research methods with coding and data analysis, leading to theoretical dilemmas, which were analysed from the viewpoint of bioethical reflection. Furthermore, biomedical engineering approaches were used to assess the preparedness to COVID-19. Despite the preparedness to COVID-19 due to the promoted governmental measures, a peculiar management of the pandemic emerged. The latter, although noteworthy, did not overcome the typical challenges of medical locations in low-resource settings. This, together with the controversial spread of information and local beliefs, caused significant economic and social consequences, exceeding the benefits related to the containment of the virus. This research highlights how the emotion of fear, in this specific situation, was herald of dramatic consequences, rather than having a heuristic and empowering effect.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Benin, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Benin, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- Benin, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Benin, Medical policy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Bioethics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Health Promotion International | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0957-4824 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 24 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Article Number: | daac105 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/heapro/daac105 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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