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Few qualitative, descriptive studies have been conducted to date that concentrate on the voices of Ebola survivors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X17000073_abs2\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Problem<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to explore the experiences of Ebola survivors following the West African epidemic of 2014.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X17000073_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>An interpretive, qualitative design was selected using semi-structured interviews as the method of data collection. Data were collected in August 2015 by M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) Belgium, for the purposes of internal evaluation. Data collection occurred at three sites in Liberia and Sierra Leone and involved 25 participants who had recovered from Ebola. Verbal consent was obtained, audio recordings were de-identified, and ethics approval was provided by Monash University (Melbourne, Australia).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X17000073_abs4\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two major themes emerged from the study: \u201ccauses of distress\u201d and \u201csources of resilience.\u201d Two further sub-themes were identified from each major theme: the \u201cmultiplicity of death,\u201d \u201cabandonment,\u201d \u201cself and community protection and care,\u201d and \u201ccoping resources and activities.\u201d The two major themes were dominant across all three sample groups, though each survivor experienced infection, treatment, and recovery differently.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X17000073_abs5\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>By identifying and mobilizing the inherent capacity of communities and acknowledging the importance of incorporating the social model of health into culturally competent outbreak responses, there is an opportunity to transcend the victimization effect of Ebola and empower communities, ultimately strengthening the response.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:mixed-citation id=\"S1049023X17000073_ref1\" publication-type=\"book\"><jats:name name-style=\"western\"><jats:surname>Schwerdtle<\/jats:surname><jats:given-names>PM<\/jats:given-names><\/jats:name>, <jats:name name-style=\"western\"><jats:surname>De Clerck<\/jats:surname><jats:given-names>V<\/jats:given-names><\/jats:name>, <jats:name name-style=\"western\"><jats:surname>Plummer<\/jats:surname><jats:given-names>V<\/jats:given-names><\/jats:name>. <jats:article-title>Experiences of Ebola survivors: causes of distress and sources of resilience<\/jats:article-title>. <jats:source>Prehosp Disaster Med<\/jats:source>. <jats:year>2017<\/jats:year>;<jats:volume>32<\/jats:volume>(<jats:issue>3<\/jats:issue>):<jats:fpage>234<\/jats:fpage>\u2013<jats:lpage>239<\/jats:lpage>.\n<\/jats:mixed-citation><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1049023x17000073","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,20]],"date-time":"2017-02-20T07:48:43Z","timestamp":1487576923000},"page":"234-239","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Experiences of Ebola Survivors: Causes of Distress and Sources of Resilience"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Patricia M.","family":"Schwerdtle","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Veronique","family":"De Clerck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Virginia","family":"Plummer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(14)62382-5"},{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4324\/9780203777176","volume-title":"Qualitative Research in the Health Sciences: Methodologies, Methods, and Processes","author":"Taylor","year":"2013"},{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0008032"},{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15265161.2015.1010995"},{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3156.1998.00322.x"},{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(15)61082-0"},{"key":"S1049023X17000073_ref21","unstructured":"World Health Organization (WHO). 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