Monkeypox, stigma and public health
The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2022 Julian W. März +2 more
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Stigma and mental illness: A comparative study of attitudes and personal constructs [PDF]
, 2010 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Evidence suggests that people with mental illness experience discrimination by being stigmatised both by the general public and by healthcare ...
London, Carlyle
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Understanding and addressing the stigma of mental illness with ethnic minority communities [PDF]
, 2012 Higher income societies have moved from institutional to community-based care for people experiencing mental illness. However, stigma and discrimination persists and undermines help-seeking, recovery and life chances.
Knifton, Lee
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Disentangling the stigma of HIV/AIDS from the stigmas of drugs use, commercial sex and commercial blood donation – A factorial survey of medical students in China [PDF]
, 2007 Background: HIV/AIDS related stigma interferes with the provision of appropriate care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Currently, programs to address the stigma approach it as if it occurs in isolation, separate from the co-stigmas related ...
Yang, Y +7 more
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A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2022 AbstractWe examine stigma and how it operates, then develop a novel framework to classify the range of positions that are conceptually possible regarding how stigma ought to be handled from a public health perspective. In the case of weight stigma, the possible positions range from encouraging the intentional use of weight stigma as an obesity ...
Alison Harwood +2 more
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Resisting and challenging stigma in Uganda : the role of support groups of people living with HIV [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: Global scale up of antiretroviral therapy is changing the context of HIV-related stigma. However, stigma remains an ongoing concern in many countries. Groups of people living with HIV can contribute to the reduction of stigma.
Grace W Mwai +16 more
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Mental illness stigma and suicidality: the role of public and individual stigma [PDF]
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2016 Aims.Suicide rates are increased among unemployed individuals and mental illness stigma can contribute to both unemployment and suicidality. Persons with mental illness perceive negative attitudes among the general public and experience discrimination in their everyday life (=public stigma components) potentially leading to self-stigma and anticipated ...
N, Oexle +4 more
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Obesity, stigma and public health planning [PDF]
Health Promotion International, 2008 Given the rise in obesity rates in North America, concerns about obesity-related costs to the health care system are being stressed in both the popular media and the scientific literature. With such constant calls to action, care must be taken not to increase stigmatization of obese people, particularly of children.
Lynne, MacLean +5 more
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Stigma: an unmet public health priority in COPD [PDF]
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2021 From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router ; Publication status ...
Mathioudakis, Alexander G +2 more
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 The objectives of the present manuscript were to review the literature on stigma toward survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and to identify the most widely used assessment techniques to investigate this issue. The PRISMA guidelines were followed,
Federica Taccini, Stefania Mannarini
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