Gladston G. Xavier
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Public Health Policies and Education
COVID-19 pandemic has triggered social stigma towards individuals affected and their families. This study describes the process undertaken for development validation of scales to assess stigmatizing attitudes experiences among non-COVID-19 participants from community.COVID-19 Stigma Scale Community constituting 13 six items, respectively, were developed based on review literature news reports, expert committee evaluation participants' interviews through telephone a multicentric in India. For...
Objective To assess factors associated with COVID-19 stigmatizing attitudes in the community and stigma experiences of recovered individuals during first wave pandemic India. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted 18 districts located 7 States India September 2020 to January 2021 among adults > years age selected through systematic random sampling. Data on socio demographic knowledge were collected from 303 1,976 non-COVID-19 infected using a survey questionnaire. Stigma...