Results 91 to 100 of about 12,107,908 (150)

Stigma and Social Control [PDF]

Social interactions provide a set of incentives for regulating individual behavior. Chief among these is stigma, the status loss and discrimination that results from the display of stigmatized attributes or behaviors.
Blume, Lawrence
core  

Stigma and associated sex disparities among patients with tuberculosis in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent globally. The stigma associated with TB, encompassing self, anticipated, and public stigma, has significant negative effects on treatment adherence.
Juliet N. Sekandi, Trang Quach, Ronald Olum, Damalie Nakkonde, Leila Farist, Rochelle Obiekwe, Sarah Zalwango, Esther Buregyeya   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding stigma and public perception of pathology: a public relations perspective

Academic Pathology
Pathology is an essential medical specialty, underpinning disease diagnosis, management, and research. Despite its indispensable contributions to healthcare, pathology remains a misunderstood and underappreciated field in the public sphere, often burdened by stigma and misconceptions.
openaire   +2 more sources

[Social stigma in dementia: Italian validation of the Dementia Public Stigma Scale (DePSS)].

Assistenza infermieristica e ricerca : AIR
. Social stigma in dementia: Italian validation of the Dementia Public Stigma Scale (DEPSS).Dementia-related stigma is a significant barrier to supporting people with dementia and promoting their social inclusion. The Dementia Public Stigma Scale (DePSS) measures all the dimensions of dementia-related public stigma: fear and discomfort, inability and ...
Sturaro R., Gonella S., Santomauro I., Berardinelli D., Quarisa R., Kim S., Dimonte V., Campagna S.   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Outsider status: stigma and discrimination experienced by gay men and African people with HIV [PDF]

, 2004
In recent years there has been an increasing amount of international-level policy and research about the negative impact that HIV-related stigma and discrimination have on the well-being of people with HIV and on prevention (Aggleton & Parker 2002 ...
Keogh, P., Haruperi, T., Ssanyu Sseruma, W, Haruperi, Thandi, Ssanyu Sseruma, Winnie, Keogh, Peter, Nabulya, Beatrice, Haruperi, T, Dodds, C., Nabulya, B., Chime, O, Dodds, Catherine, Ssanyu Sseruma, W., Keogh, P, Dodds, C, Weatherburn, P, Weatherburn, Peter, Chime, Ogo, Chime, O., Nabulya, B, Weatherburn, P.   +20 more
core  

Knowledge and stigma of people living with HIV treated in a medication dispensing unit: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background HIV infection is considered a public health problem. One of its coping strategies is the promotion of general knowledge about HIV and reduction of stigma related to the virus.
Ruthieli Santos Neves, Julia Monte Lacerda, Renata Braga Cordeiro, Vitor Santos de Sá Galina, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto de Araújo, Kérilin Stancine Santos Rocha   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Stigma in the Design of Welfare Programs [PDF]

We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants by society when they are perceived as undeserving in the sense that they falsely claim to be eligible for welfare benefits.
Efraim Sadka, Yoram Margalioth, Tomer Blumkin   +2 more
core  

Review of the effects of self-stigma and perceived social stigma on the treatment-seeking decisions of individuals with drug- and alcohol-use disorders

, 2018
R Hammarlund,1 KA Crapanzano,2 L Luce,2 L Mulligan,2 KM Ward2 1Our Lady of the Lake Division of Academic Affairs, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Abstract: Substance-
Hammarlund R, Luce L, Mulligan L, Crapanzano KA, Ward KM   +4 more
core  

Social Jealousy and Stigma: Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany [PDF]

This paper examines the role of social assistance payments (SAP or Sozialhilfe) in determining levels of life satisfaction in Germany using the SOEP 1995–2004. We find strong evidence that individuals in Germany are negatively influenced by increased SAP
Sonja C. Kassenboehmer, John P. Haisken-DeNew   +1 more
core  

Leprosy control, public health paradigms and stigma [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2011
openaire   +2 more sources