Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa

Aside the direct effect of the COVID-19 on infected patients, this infectious disease outbreak has various psychological consequences. These mental health repercussions pertain to the general population of uninfected individuals, and particularly families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients. T...

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Autores principales: Endomba, Francky Teddy, Wafeu, Guy Sadeu, Efon-Ekangouo, Arnauld, Djune-Yemeli, Linda, Donfo-Azafack, Cyrille, Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C, Kamgno, Joseph
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Theoretical Contribution / Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7691915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102920975293
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author Endomba, Francky Teddy
Wafeu, Guy Sadeu
Efon-Ekangouo, Arnauld
Djune-Yemeli, Linda
Donfo-Azafack, Cyrille
Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C
Kamgno, Joseph
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Wafeu, Guy Sadeu
Efon-Ekangouo, Arnauld
Djune-Yemeli, Linda
Donfo-Azafack, Cyrille
Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C
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description Aside the direct effect of the COVID-19 on infected patients, this infectious disease outbreak has various psychological consequences. These mental health repercussions pertain to the general population of uninfected individuals, and particularly families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients. This aspect is of substantial interest amid sub-Saharan African communities, considering the key place and cultural significance of mourning and funerals in these settings. In this commentary, we discuss on the issue of psychological and social support of COVID-19 patients’ families, by taking into account some sub-Saharan African cultural considerations.
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spelling pubmed-76919152020-12-04 Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa Endomba, Francky Teddy Wafeu, Guy Sadeu Efon-Ekangouo, Arnauld Djune-Yemeli, Linda Donfo-Azafack, Cyrille Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C Kamgno, Joseph Health Psychol Open Theoretical Contribution / Commentary Aside the direct effect of the COVID-19 on infected patients, this infectious disease outbreak has various psychological consequences. These mental health repercussions pertain to the general population of uninfected individuals, and particularly families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients. This aspect is of substantial interest amid sub-Saharan African communities, considering the key place and cultural significance of mourning and funerals in these settings. In this commentary, we discuss on the issue of psychological and social support of COVID-19 patients’ families, by taking into account some sub-Saharan African cultural considerations. SAGE Publications 2020-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7691915/ /pubmed/33282330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102920975293 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Theoretical Contribution / Commentary
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Djune-Yemeli, Linda
Donfo-Azafack, Cyrille
Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C
Kamgno, Joseph
Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa
title Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa
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title_fullStr Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa
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topic Theoretical Contribution / Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7691915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102920975293
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