Kang Jiyeon, Kim Hyang Soo, Yi Hyun Ji, Lee Yesung, Lee So Hee, Song Kyoung-Ho, Park Hye Yeon, Oh Hong Sang, Yoon Doran, Choe Pyoeng Gyun, Lee Eun Joo, Choi Chi-Hyun, Sim Minyoung, Yu Eun-Seung, Paik Jong-Woo, Park Hye Yoon
Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Nursing Science, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 14;14:1103572. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1103572. eCollection 2023.
The stigma associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is relatively neglected in policies for handling the disease. Stigmatization occurs only within specific social contexts in local societies.
This study aims to examine COVID-19 survivors' experiences of social stigma and discrimination in South Korea in the first 2 years of the pandemic.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted.
Of 52 participants, 45 reported that they had to cope with stigma and discrimination in their intimate social relationships, workplaces, and children's schools, ranging from subtle actions to job loss. Sexual minorities who were involved in mass disease transmission in the early part of the pandemic experienced a higher level of stigmatization. The stigmatization dealt with in this study was related to two themes: survivors' sense of causing trouble and possibility of transmission.
By intertwining this stigma with the experiences of public health measures through the voices of survivors, this study reveals the local context of East Asia in terms of culture-specific aspects of COVID-19-related stigma.
与冠状病毒病（COVID-19）相关的污名化在应对该疾病的政策中相对被忽视。污名化仅在当地社会的特定社会背景中出现。
本研究旨在调查大流行头两年韩国COVID-19幸存者遭受社会污名化和歧视的经历。
进行了半结构化访谈。
在52名参与者中，45人报告称他们不得不在亲密的社会关系、工作场所和孩子的学校应对污名化和歧视，从微妙的行为到失业不等。在大流行早期参与大规模疾病传播的性少数群体经历了更高程度的污名化。本研究中涉及的污名化与两个主题相关：幸存者的添麻烦感和传播可能性。
通过幸存者的声音将这种污名化与公共卫生措施的经历交织在一起，本研究揭示了东亚在COVID-19相关污名化的文化特定方面的当地情况。
