TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitigating the identity and health threat of COVID-19
T2 - perspectives of middle-class South Asians living in the UK
AU - Hanson, Kristin
AU - O’Dwyer, Emma
AU - Chaudhuri, Sharmistha
AU - Silva Souza, Luiz Gustavo
AU - Vandrevala, Tushna
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - The recognition and representation of BAME community as 'high risk' of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore response to these threats as related by a sample of 13 middle class members of the South Asian community. This work advances both health and identity psychological theory by recognising the affinity between expressions of health efficacy and identity. Our findings identify South Asian intragroup stigmatisation and commonalities that have implications for the promotion of health behaviour and health communications for minority groups.
AB - The recognition and representation of BAME community as 'high risk' of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore response to these threats as related by a sample of 13 middle class members of the South Asian community. This work advances both health and identity psychological theory by recognising the affinity between expressions of health efficacy and identity. Our findings identify South Asian intragroup stigmatisation and commonalities that have implications for the promotion of health behaviour and health communications for minority groups.
KW - Health services research
UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34154436/
U2 - 10.1177/13591053211027626
DO - 10.1177/13591053211027626
M3 - Article
C2 - 34154436
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 27
SP - 2147
EP - 2160
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 9
ER -