The unusual suspects of Lassa fever: a people-centered study in Nigeria

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Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.

VIDEO LINK https://vimeo.com/471027239

Dr Tiv gave this short presentation during the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition at The Pennsylvania State University. - More about the research: saganfriant.com/lassa-risk - More about the Department of Anthropology at Penn State University: anth.la.psu.edu/

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Work Title The unusual suspects of Lassa fever: a people-centered study in Nigeria
Subtitle Lightning Talk | 2020 Penn State Postdoctoral Research Exhibition
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Creators
  1. Metrey Tiv
License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)
Work Type Presentation
Acknowledgments
  1. Postdoctoral Research Exhibition Committee
Publication Date September 24, 2020
Subject
  1. Global Health
  2. Medical Anthropology
  3. Lassa Fever
  4. Nigeria
Language
  1. English
DOI doi:10.26207/vptx-wz94
Geographic Area
  1. Nigeria
  2. West Africa
Related URLs
  1. https://vimeo.com/471027239
  2. https://www.research.psu.edu/node/4344
  3. www.linkedin.com/in/metrey-tiv/
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    Description
    • n this brief talk crafted for a non-specialized audience, Métrey Tiv gives a snapshot of her research on Lassa fever in Nigeria. Talk starts at 00'55, after an intro at 00'10, and followed by a Q&A session at 5'05
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
    • Presentation given during the lightning talks competition of the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition, Penn State University.
    Related URLs
    • https://vimeo.com/471027239, https://www.research.psu.edu/node/4344
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    Subject
    • Global Health , Medical Anthropology, Lassa Fever, Nigeria
    Language
    • English
    Subtitle
    • Lightning Talk | 2020 Penn State Postdoctoral Research Exhibition
    Description
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
    • Abstract
    • Presentation given during the lightning talks competition of the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition, Penn State University.
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
    Publication Date
    • 2020-09
    • 2020-09-24
    Publisher's Statement
    • Description
    • In this brief talk crafted for a non-specialized audience, Dr Tiv gives a snapshot of her research on Lassa fever in Nigeria. Talk starts at 00'55, after an intro at 00'10, and followed by a Q&A session at 5'05.
    • Venue
    • Dr Tiv gave this presentation at the Lightning Talks Competition held during the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition held at The Pennsylvania State University (research.psu.edu/node/4344).
    • - More about the researcher: linkedin.com/in/metrey-tiv/
    • - More about the research: saganfriant.com/lassa-risk
    • - More about the Department of Anthropology at Penn State University: anth.la.psu.edu/
    • COPYRIGHT
    • This video is licensed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You can use, share, and adapt, as long as you give credit to the author (Métrey Tiv), mention the source (vimeo.com/471027239), give a link to the license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), and say which changes were made if any. If you remix, transform, you must use the same license (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International) when sharing. You may not use this video for commercial purposes.
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    Geographic Area
    • Nigeria, West Africa
    Acknowledgments
    • Postdoctoral Research Exhibition Committee
    Publisher's Statement
    • Description
    • In this brief talk crafted for a non-specialized audience, Dr Tiv gives a snapshot of her research on Lassa fever in Nigeria. Talk starts at 00'55, after an intro at 00'10, and followed by a Q&A session at 5'05.
    • In this 4-minute talk crafted for a non-specialized audience, Dr Métrey Tiv gives a snapshot of her research on Lassa fever in Nigeria. Talk starts at {00'55''} after an introduction {00'10''} and is followed by a Q&A session {5'05''}.
    • Venue
    • Dr Tiv gave this presentation at the Lightning Talks Competition held during the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition held at The Pennsylvania State University (research.psu.edu/node/4344).
    • - More about the researcher: linkedin.com/in/metrey-tiv/
    • - More about the research: saganfriant.com/lassa-risk
    • - More about the Department of Anthropology at Penn State University: anth.la.psu.edu/
    • COPYRIGHT
    • This video is licensed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You can use, share, and adapt, as long as you give credit to the author (Métrey Tiv), mention the source (vimeo.com/471027239), give a link to the license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), and say which changes were made if any. If you remix, transform, you must use the same license (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International) when sharing. You may not use this video for commercial purposes.
    • Copyright
    • This video is licensed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You can use, share, and adapt, as long as you give credit to the author (Métrey Tiv), mention the source (scholarsphere.psu.edu), give a link to the license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), and say which changes were made if any. If you remix, transform, you must use the same license (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International) when sharing. You may not use this video for commercial purposes.
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    Description
    • Abstract
    • ABSTRACT
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
    Related URLs
    • https://vimeo.com/471027239, https://www.research.psu.edu/node/4344
    • https://vimeo.com/471027239, https://www.research.psu.edu/node/4344, www.linkedin.com/in/metrey-tiv/
    Publisher's Statement
    • Description
    • In this 4-minute talk crafted for a non-specialized audience, Dr Métrey Tiv gives a snapshot of her research on Lassa fever in Nigeria. Talk starts at {00'55''} after an introduction {00'10''} and is followed by a Q&A session {5'05''}.
    • Venue
    • Dr Tiv gave this presentation at the Lightning Talks Competition held during the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition held at The Pennsylvania State University (research.psu.edu/node/4344).
    • - More about the researcher: linkedin.com/in/metrey-tiv/
    • Dr Tiv gave this short presentation during the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Exhibition at The Pennsylvania State University.
    • - More about the research: saganfriant.com/lassa-risk
    • - More about the Department of Anthropology at Penn State University: anth.la.psu.edu/
    • Copyright
    • This video is licensed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You can use, share, and adapt, as long as you give credit to the author (Métrey Tiv), mention the source (scholarsphere.psu.edu), give a link to the license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), and say which changes were made if any. If you remix, transform, you must use the same license (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International) when sharing. You may not use this video for commercial purposes.
    • - More about the Department of Anthropology at Penn State University: anth.la.psu.edu/
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    • ABSTRACT
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
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    • https://vimeo.com/471027239
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    Description
    • ABSTRACT
    • Repeated outbreaks of Lassa fever in Nigeria question the biomedically-centered understanding of emerging diseases. Our community-based ethnography revealed how socio-cultural factors limit early diagnosis and treatment: low awareness, poverty, lack of infrastructure, beliefs in witchcraft and health-seeking behaviors. Through close examination of people’s lived experiences, we can better control diseases.
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