Kamu Çalışanlarının COVID-19’a İlişkin Damgalama Algıları

Year 2024, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 9 - 15, 18.03.2024

Elif Saraç , Remziye Can , Esra Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.57221/izmirtip.1272601

Abstract

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Amaç: Covid-19 Pandemisi bireylerin olumsuz tutumlara ve damgalanmaya maruz kalmasına neden olmuştur. Bu çalışmanın amacı; kamu çalışanlarının Covid-19'a ilişkin damgalama algılarını araştırmak ve bununla ilişkili olduğu düşünülen değişkenleri belirlemektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı olarak yapılan araştırma 4/11/2021 ile 1/1/2022 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır. İki kamu işyerinden 351 çalışan, anketi yanıtlamış, Covid-19 damgalama anketi online platform üzerinden çalışanlara ulaştırılmıştır. Katılım oranı %63,8’dir. Veriler SPSS 20.0 istatistik paket programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların %42,5’inin 36-45 yaş grubunda olduğu, %69,2'sinin erkek ve %61,8'inin işçi olduğu belirlendi Covid-19’a ilişkin kendini damgalama puan ortalaması 50,61±9,73 iken, başkalarına yönelik damgalama puan ortalaması 78,68±13,01 bulundu. Yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi, medeni durum ve daha önce Covid geçirme faktörleri ile başkalarına yönelik damgalama puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu belirlendi.
Sonuç: Çalışanların kendilerini damgalama algıları düşük iken, başkalarına ilişkin damgalama algıları yüksektir. Yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim, medeni durum, daha önce Covid-19 geçirmiş olmak çalışanların Covid-19 ile ilgili damgalanma algılarını etkilemiştir Bu bulgular, çalışanlara psikolojik veya sosyal destek sağlamak için erken müdahale etmenin önemini vurgulamaktadır.

Keywords

Algı, Covid-19, Damgalama, Kamu Calışanları

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Katılımcılar ve anket sahıbı Malas ve Malas'a tesekkur ediyoruz.

Stigma Perceptions of Public Employees Concerning Covid-19 Disease

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Aim: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused people to be exposed to negative attitudes and stigma. The aim of the study was to investigate the stigma perceptions of public employees concerning Covid-19 and to determine variables thought to be related.
Materials and Methods: Study adopted descriptive design was conducted between 4/11/2021 and 1/1/2022. 351 employees in two public workplaces responded to the research. The Stigmatization of Covid-19 Questionnaire was delivered to the employees through online platform. The participation rate was 63.8%. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 20.0 Package program.
Results: The majority of the participants (42.5%) fell within the age group of 36-45 years. 69.2% of them were male, and 61.8% were workers. While the mean score of self-stigma associated with Covid-19 was 50.61±9.73, stigma toward others was 78.68±13.01. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of age, gender, education, marital status, history of previous Covid, and stigma toward others.
Conclusion: Self-stigma perceptions of employees were low while the toward others were high. The factors such as age, gender, education, marital status, previous experience of Covid-19 affected employees’ perceptions of stigma associated with Covid-19. The findings of the study highlight the importance of intervening early to provide psychological or social support for employees.

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Covid-19, stigma, perception, public employee

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