Oduwole Ebunoluwa, Amzat Jimoh, Aluko-Arowolo Olusola, Afolabi Rotimi, Adedeji Isaac Akinkunmi, Lawal Saheed Akinmayowa, Temisan Ige Angela, Oludiran Ayoyinka, Aminu Kafayat, Salami Afeez Abolarinwa, Kanmodi Kehinde Kazeem
Department of Philosophy Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye Nigeria.
Department of Sociology Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto Nigeria.
Health Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 29;7(10):e70114. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70114. eCollection 2024 Oct.
Infectious disease outbreaks pose significant challenges in Africa due to its ecology, socioeconomic conditions, and weak health systems. Implementing institutional quarantine and isolation (Q&I) measures is crucial for managing major outbreaks. However, the cultural context often determines the success of these measures. This scoping review aims to examine existing evidence on the cultural aspects of institutional Q&I in Africa over the past two decades, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and other major multi-country disease outbreaks.
This scoping review's protocol was registered with the Open Science Framework registry. Nine research databases were systematically searched to retrieve all relevant literature, followed by deduplication and a two-stage screening process using the Rayyan web application. The inclusion of any literature into this review was based on a set of eligibility criteria. Also, manual searching of the reference lists of included literature was done to retrieve any other eligible literature. From the included literature, data were charted, collected, and summarized.
Out of the 787 articles retrieved from the database searches, this review found only one to be eligible for inclusion. Also, no other eligible article was obtained after manual searching of the reference list for this article. The reviewed article presented empirical findings on the impact of COVID-19 Q&I protocols on traditional burial rites in Ghana. Many Ghanaian families were against their country's protocol because they felt it was insensitive to their traditional values and burial practices. Also, the way the protocol was implemented made some Ghanaian families feel that foreign burial practices were imposed on them, which bred feelings of cultural exclusion and neglect (by the government) among Ghanaians.
Research evidence on the cultural implications of Q&I in Africa is very scanty. More research is needed on this topic of public health interest.
由于非洲的生态环境、社会经济状况以及薄弱的卫生系统，传染病爆发在非洲构成了重大挑战。实施机构隔离检疫措施对于应对重大疫情至关重要。然而，文化背景往往决定了这些措施的成败。本综述旨在考察过去二十年来非洲机构隔离检疫文化方面的现有证据，重点关注新冠疫情及其他多国重大疾病爆发。
本综述方案已在开放科学框架注册库登记。系统检索了九个研究数据库以获取所有相关文献，随后进行重复数据删除，并使用Rayyan网络应用程序进行两阶段筛选。纳入本综述的任何文献均基于一套纳入标准。此外，还手动检索了纳入文献的参考文献列表以获取任何其他符合条件的文献。从纳入的文献中，对数据进行了制表、收集和总结。
在从数据库检索到的787篇文章中，本综述仅发现一篇符合纳入条件。此外，在手动检索该文章的参考文献列表后，未获得其他符合条件的文章。这篇被综述的文章呈现了关于新冠隔离检疫措施对加纳传统葬礼仪式影响的实证研究结果。许多加纳家庭反对本国的措施，因为他们觉得这对他们的传统价值观和葬礼习俗不敏感。此外，该措施的实施方式让一些加纳家庭觉得外国的葬礼习俗强加于他们，这在加纳人中滋生了文化排斥感和被（政府）忽视的感觉。
关于非洲隔离检疫文化影响的研究证据非常匮乏。在这个具有公共卫生意义的主题上还需要更多研究。
