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Sexual health behavior trends in a nationally representative sample of Canadian migrant adolescents from 2014 to 2022

BMC Public Health
Background Migrant youth in Canada are disproportionately vulnerable to the consequences of inadequate contraception use compared to their Canada-born peers, yet the sexual health behaviours of this population across time are poorly understood.
Daniel Ji, Monica Rana, Mauricio Coronel-Villalobos, Nour Hammami, Elizabeth Saewyc   +4 more
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Chained multimediator model of sexual orientation disclosure, sexual minority stigma, sexual minority identity, social support, and resilience among ymsms

BMC Public Health, 2022
Introduction This study aimed to investigate sexual orientation disclosure and mental health among young men who have sex with men (YMSMs). To this end, we constructed a chained multimediator model of sexual minority stigma, sexual minority identity ...
Sumin Tan, Ping Cen, Ting Fang, Xing Yang, Yun Zhang, Jiawen Zhu, Haimei Huang, Min Wang, Li Jiang, Jieling Mo, Chuanyi Ning   +10 more
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Determinants of social support among people living with HIV in Nigeria–a multicenter cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundMore than 38.4 million people were living with HIV worldwide in 2021. Sub-Saharan Africa bears two-thirds of the burden, with Nigeria having nearly two million people living with HIV (PLWH).
Oluwatobi E. Babalola, Oluwaseun A. Badru, Luchuo E. Bain, Luchuo E. Bain, Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Oluwafemi Adeagbo   +5 more
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An integrated empirical and computational study to decipher help-seeking behaviors and vocal stigma

Communications Medicine
Background Professional voice users often experience stigma associated with voice disorders and are reluctant to seek medical help. This study deployed empirical and computational tools to (1) quantify the experience of vocal stigma and help-seeking ...
Aaron R. Glick, Colin Jones, Lisa Martignetti, Lisa Blanchette, Theresa Tova, Allen Henderson, Marc D. Pell, Nicole Y. K. Li-Jessen   +7 more
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Identifying Stigma Phenotypes in Social Media Narratives of Substance Use: Observational Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundIndividuals with substance use problems experience stigma in different contexts. Identifying characteristic situations in which stigma occurs or manifests—stigma phenotypes—can serve as important leverage points for ...
Lexie Chenyue Wang, Kenneth C Pike, Mike Conway, Annie T Chen   +3 more
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A mixed method examination: how stigma experienced by autistic adults relates to metrics of social identity and social functioning

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
A recent meta-analysis reveals almost half of autistic individuals experience some form of victimization in their lifetime, including bullying and other forms of stigma.
Alex Marion, Karrah Bowman, Gina Thomas, Ashley J. Harrison   +3 more
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Stigma and social welfare [PDF]

, 2017
In this chapter, Robert Pinker discusses the concept of stigma as it relates to social welfare. He considers a number of empirically testable hypotheses in the form of a model of social welfare that could be used to classify welfare systems on the basis of their stigmatising propensities.
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Widowhood stigma as a fundamental cause of poor mental, sexual, and reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework

SSM - Mental Health
Background: Widows in sub-Saharan Africa experience stigma linked to their social identity of widowhood. Despite the known significant impacts of stigma on health and wellbeing, widowhood stigma is less conceptualized and studied and its effects on ...
Jackline A. Odhiambo, Louisa N. Ndunyu, Erick O. Nyambedha, Ushma Upadhyay, Janet M. Turan, Elizabeth Bukusi, Nicodemus O. Agumba, Craig R. Cohen, Sheri D. Weiser   +8 more
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The effect of social alienation on stigma among stroke inpatients in China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background Stigma adversely affects the rehabilitation among stroke inpatients, which decreases the motivation and functional improvement. According to prior studies, there was a correlation between social alienation and stigma.
Yu Wu, Jian Liu, Lovel Fornah, Jun Zhao, Shicai Wu   +4 more
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Mental health education: An intervention on stigma on help-seeking behavior among adolescents

Insight: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi, 2022
Mental health concerns confront the youth today, but the self and social stigma of seeking help hinder them from getting help. It is hypothesized in this study that providing mental health education among adolescents can reduce both their self and social
Maria Junnah Acma Liguid, Sunshine Ramilo Cuartero   +1 more
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