Department of Psychology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia.
Department of Psychology, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Int Q Community Health Educ. 2021 Jan;41(2):199-207. doi: 10.1177/0272684X20916621. Epub 2020 Apr 4.
The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network recently warned that the Zika virus-containing mosquitoes are being found in Pakistan and the health sector is on high alert. It is thus significant to understand public beliefs and perceptions of the Zika virus and vaccination in the current scenario of Pakistan.
Twenty semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted and analyzed through an inductive approach to analysis.
The findings were presented in three main categories which were coded: , and The majority believed that the Zika virus is a real problem and that authorities might be trying to hide the Zika cases in Pakistan. Moreover, they believed that health organizations are being incompetent by failing to take timely remedial measures to manage the Zika. However, 20% have an opposing view and believed that the Zika virus is a conspiracy against Pakistan from the West.
Overall, most participants were concerned about the lack of treatment and preventive methods and emphasized the need to create awareness among the public. It is observed that the participants' perceptions ranged from perceiving the Zika virus as real to as a conspiracy.
全球疫情警报和反应网络最近警告称,含有寨卡病毒的蚊子已在巴基斯坦出现,卫生部门处于高度戒备状态。因此,了解巴基斯坦当前情况下公众对寨卡病毒和疫苗接种的信念和看法具有重要意义。
采用归纳法分析,进行了 20 次半结构式定性访谈。
研究结果呈现为三个主要类别,分别编码为:对寨卡病毒的看法、对寨卡病毒疫情的看法、对寨卡病毒疫苗接种的看法。大多数人认为寨卡病毒是一个真实存在的问题,当局可能试图隐瞒巴基斯坦的寨卡病例。此外,他们认为卫生组织未能及时采取补救措施来应对寨卡病毒,因此表现得无能。然而,20%的人持相反观点,认为寨卡病毒是西方针对巴基斯坦的阴谋。
总的来说,大多数参与者对缺乏治疗和预防方法表示担忧,并强调需要提高公众意识。可以观察到,参与者的看法从认为寨卡病毒是真实存在的到认为它是一场阴谋,范围很广。