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The relationship among social support, experienced stigma, psychological distress, and quality of life among tuberculosis patients in China

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The complex relationships among social support, experienced stigma, psychological distress, and quality of life (QOL) among tuberculosis (TB) patients are insufficiently understood.
Xu Chen   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Stigma during COVID-19 and its Impact on HCWs Outcomes

open access: yes, 2020
The COVID-19 emergency has significantly transformed the working environment and job demands. Providing care was emotionally difficult for healthcare workers.
Tiziana Ramaci   +3 more
semanticscholar   +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   +1 more source

Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2020
COVID-19 infection has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to prevent the spread of the disease are threatened by the appearance of disease-associated social stigma in society. In Egypt, a small wave of stigma directed
A. Abdelhafiz, Mohamed Alorabi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

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.
Kirsten Stalker   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Social stigma is an underestimated contributing factor to unemployment in people with mental illness or mental health issues: position paper and future directions

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2020
As yet, little is known about the effects of mental health stigma on sustainable employment. This is surprising, as mental health stigma is common, and because people with severe and common mental disorders are 7 and 3 times more likely to be unemployed,
E. Brouwers
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Social Stigma as a Barrier to Covid-19 Responses to Community Well-Being in Bangladesh

open access: yesInternational Journal of Community Well-Being, 2020
This commentary looks at the social stigma as a barrier to Covid-19 responses to community well-being in Bangladesh. The Covid-19 in Bangladesh particular the way the people respond this has many dimensions to view from sociological perspective. The main
A. Mahmud, M. R. Islam
semanticscholar   +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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