Investigation and analysis on prevalence of COVID-19 related prejudice

ZHANG Yu-jie; LI Zhi-hao; YANG Yun-qing; WANG Zheng-he; LIU Dan; YANG Hai-lian; CAI Miao-chun; YANG Xing-fen; WU Xian-bo; LING Zhi-hai; MAO Chen

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.06.003

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ZHANG Yu-jie, LI Zhi-hao, YANG Yun-qing, WANG Zheng-he, LIU Dan, YANG Hai-lian, CAI Miao-chun, YANG Xing-fen, WU Xian-bo, LING Zhi-hai, MAO Chen. Investigation and analysis on prevalence of COVID-19 related prejudice[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2020, 24(6): 632-637. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.06.003

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ZHANG Yu-jie, LI Zhi-hao, YANG Yun-qing, WANG Zheng-he, LIU Dan, YANG Hai-lian, CAI Miao-chun, YANG Xing-fen, WU Xian-bo, LING Zhi-hai, MAO Chen. Investigation and analysis on prevalence of COVID-19 related prejudice[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2020, 24(6): 632-637. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.06.003

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ZHANG Yu-jie, LI Zhi-hao, YANG Yun-qing, WANG Zheng-he, LIU Dan, YANG Hai-lian, CAI Miao-chun, YANG Xing-fen, WU Xian-bo, LING Zhi-hai, MAO Chen. Investigation and analysis on prevalence of COVID-19 related prejudice[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2020, 24(6): 632-637. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.06.003

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Investigation and analysis on prevalence of COVID-19 related prejudice

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2020.06.003

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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Department of Preventive Health, Guangzhou Dermatological Diseases Prevention and Treatment Center, Guangzhou 510095, China
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Graduate School, Southern Medical University f Guangzhou 510515, China

Funds: Ministry of Education Project of Humanities and Social Science(18YJAZH115); Guangdong Province Higher Vocational Colleges & Schools Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme(2019); Zhejiang University Special Scientific Research Fund for COVID-19 Prevention and Control(K920330111)

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Corresponding author: LING Zhi-hai, E-mail:lzhpl@smu.edu.cn; MAO Chen, E-mail:maochen9@smu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-04-20
Rev Recd Date: 2020-05-05
Publish Date: 2020-06-10

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Objective To describe coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)related prejudice and explore the associated factors. Methods A self-designed electronic questionnaire was used to describe the prejudice and Logistic regression analyses model was adopted to identify significant influencing factors on prejudice. Results On the issue of personnel in Hubei returning back, 67.2% of students believed that there was a prejudice. Among students who were not from Hubei, 7.0% of them were discriminatory against people who were from Hubei, 64.9% of them thought the prejudice was understandable but frus-trated because of fear of virus transmission, and 53.1% of them thought that the prejudice against diagnosed or suspected COVID-19 people was serious in society. Among students from Hubei, 22.3% of them felt about prejudice, and 59.7% of them believed that the prejudice was understandable, but depressed due to fear of virus transmission. Age, sex, hometown locality, school location, vacation residence, and education level were related to the prejudice(all P < 0.05). Conclusions To college students, COVID-19 related prejudice from people in Hubei was objectively existing, thus measures should be taken timely to eliminate the stigma associated with the epidemic.
- Coronavirus disease 2019,
- Prejudice,
- Hubei,
- Students

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