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Article

Psychosocial and Economic Risks of Institutional Quarantine in a Low-Resource Setting: Experiences of Affected Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda

by
Esther K. Nanfuka
1,*,
Agatha Kafuko
1,
Rita Nakanjako
2,
James T. Ssenfuuma
1,
Florence Turyomurugyendo
1 and
Jingo Kasule
3
1
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University, Kampala P.O. Box 7062, Uganda
2
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Makerere University, Kampala P.O. Box 7062, Uganda
3
School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala P.O. Box 7062, Uganda
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
COVID 2023, 3(9), 1473-1499; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090101
Submission received: 21 August 2023 / Revised: 14 September 2023 / Accepted: 15 September 2023 / Published: 18 September 2023
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Abstract

Institutional quarantine was one of the key public health measures used to control the spread of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Institutional quarantine has been associated with several psychosocial and economic risks. However, little is known about the psychosocial and economic risks it poses to affected persons in low-resource countries since it is a relatively new strategy for controlling disease spread in these settings. This article provides insights into the economic and psychosocial risks encountered by affected persons in a low-resource context. Narrative interviews were conducted with 20 adults placed under institutional quarantine to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. Individuals confined in institutional quarantine experienced an intricate range of economic and psychosocial risks including loss of livelihood and/or income, financial distress, fear, worry, anger, loneliness, and stigma. The experience of specific risks was shaped by an intersection between individual and contextual factors. However, disregard for economic and social issues and shortcomings in the implementation of institutional quarantine contributed profoundly to the occurrence of risks. Safety nets to address the emergent financial insecurities of quarantined individuals and their families and bridging gaps in the implementation of institutional quarantine may help to minimise the associated economic and psychosocial risks in Uganda and similar contexts.
Keywords: COVID-19; economic risks; institutional quarantine; narrative interviews; psychosocial risks; qualitative research; quarantine; Uganda COVID-19; economic risks; institutional quarantine; narrative interviews; psychosocial risks; qualitative research; quarantine; Uganda

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Nanfuka, E.K.; Kafuko, A.; Nakanjako, R.; Ssenfuuma, J.T.; Turyomurugyendo, F.; Kasule, J. Psychosocial and Economic Risks of Institutional Quarantine in a Low-Resource Setting: Experiences of Affected Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda. COVID 2023, 3, 1473-1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090101

AMA Style

Nanfuka EK, Kafuko A, Nakanjako R, Ssenfuuma JT, Turyomurugyendo F, Kasule J. Psychosocial and Economic Risks of Institutional Quarantine in a Low-Resource Setting: Experiences of Affected Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda. COVID. 2023; 3(9):1473-1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090101

Chicago/Turabian Style

Nanfuka, Esther K., Agatha Kafuko, Rita Nakanjako, James T. Ssenfuuma, Florence Turyomurugyendo, and Jingo Kasule. 2023. "Psychosocial and Economic Risks of Institutional Quarantine in a Low-Resource Setting: Experiences of Affected Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda" COVID 3, no. 9: 1473-1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090101

APA Style

Nanfuka, E. K., Kafuko, A., Nakanjako, R., Ssenfuuma, J. T., Turyomurugyendo, F., & Kasule, J. (2023). Psychosocial and Economic Risks of Institutional Quarantine in a Low-Resource Setting: Experiences of Affected Persons during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda. COVID, 3(9), 1473-1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090101

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