MENTAL HEALTH HYGIENE DURING A HEALTH CRISIS: EXPLORING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA-INDUCED SECONDARY TRAUMA IN RELATION TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Mental health hygiene during a health crisis: Exploring factors associated with media-induced secondary trauma in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic

Aims Given the risk of developing vicarious trauma through news media has increased during the pandemic, we explored risk factors associated with media induced secondary trauma, and its behavioral and psychological implications.Methods An international study Snorkels ( N = 1066), with a diverse sample, was administered in July 2020.We used standard

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Developing a patient-centered community-based model for management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Uganda: a discrete choice experiment

Abstract Background The advent of all-oral regimens for the management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) makes the implementation of community-based directly observed therapy (CB-DOT) a possibility for this group of patients.We set out to determine patient preferences for different attributes of a community-based model for the managemen

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