One feels anger to know there is no one to help us!”. Perceptions of mothers of children with Zika virus-associated microcephaly in Caribbean Colombia: A qualitative study
The epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) was associated with a sudden and unprecedented increase in infants born with microcephaly. Colombia was the second most affected country by the epidemic in the Americas. Primary caregivers of children with ZIKV-associated microcephaly, their mothers mainly, were at...
- Autores:
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Marbán Castro, Elena
Enguita Fernández, Cristina
Romero Acosta, Kelly Carolina
Arrieta Bernate, Germán Javier
Marín Cos, Anna
Mattar Velilla, Ameth Salim
Menéndez, Clara
Maixenchs, María
Bardají, Azucena
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2022
- Institución:
- Corporación Universitaria del Caribe - CECAR
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Digital CECAR
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.cecar.edu.co:cecar/10774
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.cecar.edu.co/handle/cecar/10774
- Palabra clave:
- Epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV)
Microcephaly
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Derechos reservados - Corporación Universitaria de Caribe - CECAR
| Summary: | The epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) was associated with a sudden and unprecedented increase in infants born with microcephaly. Colombia was the second most affected country by the epidemic in the Americas. Primary caregivers of children with ZIKV-associated microcephaly, their mothers mainly, were at higher risk of suffering anxiety and depression. Often, these women were stigmatized and abandoned by their partners, relatives, and communities |
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