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The mediating role of diabetes stigma and self-efficacy in relieving diabetes distress among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multicenter cross-sectional study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
BackgroundPatients with diabetes mellitus often suffer from diabetes distress. Social support and certain psychological factors potentially influence diabetes distress, but studies exploring the mechanisms underlying these relationships are scarce ...
Shuping Xing   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Living with stigma and the self-perceptions of people with mild intellectual disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
There is now overwhelming evidence concerning the awareness people with moderate to mild intellectual disabilities' have about the stigma they experience in their lives.
Cairney, A.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Experienced stigma and applied coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: a mixed-methods study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective Health-related stigma is considered a social determinant of health equity and a hidden burden of disease. This study aimed to assess the level and dimensions of stigma and respective coping mechanisms in COVID-19 survivors.Methods A mixed ...
Lynn Peters   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stigma: a social, cultural and moral process [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009
The concept of stigma has undergone important shifts in definition and characterisation since its initial articulation by Erving Goffman in the 1960s. Here, we contend that the study of stigma has focused too heavily on psychological approaches and has neglected to sufficiently incorporate understandings of stigma and stigmatised individuals as ...
Kleinman, Arthur, Hall-Clifford, Rachel
openaire   +4 more sources

Rumour and social stigma as barriers to the prevention of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): What solutions to consider?

open access: yesGlobal Biosecurity, 2020
Globally, multiple factors have elevated the risk and contributed to the fast spread of COVID-19. Alongside this, unsolicited rumours and social stigma are believed to be two possible barriers to the effective prevention of the disease.
Md. Nazmul Huda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV, Stigma, and Rates of Infection: A Rumour without Evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The modern concept of a social stigma comes from the work of American sociologist Erving Goffman, who described it as a response to a deeply discrediting attribute that devalues the person [1].
Daniel D Reidpath   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Stigma in youth with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by tics. To our knowledge, no systematic reviews exist which focus on examining the body of literature on stigma in association with children and adolescents with TS.
Forrester-Jones, Rachel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stigma, social reciprocity and exclusion of HIV/AIDS patients with illicit drug histories: A study of Thai nurses' attitudes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background: Stigma is a key barrier for the delivery of care to patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In the Asia region, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected socially marginalised groups, in particular, injecting drug users.
Reidpath Daniel D   +13 more
core   +1 more source

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