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Mitigating the identity and health threat of COVID-19: Perspectives of middle-class South Asians living in the UK.

Kristin HansonEmma O'DwyerSharmistha ChaudhuriLuiz Gustavo Silva SouzaTushna Vandrevala
Published in: Journal of health psychology (2021)
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.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • health information
  • sars cov
  • coronavirus disease
  • health promotion
  • risk assessment
  • human health
  • cross sectional
  • climate change
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus