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TB STIGMA – MEASUREMENT GUIDANCE [PDF]
, 2018 TB is the most deadly infectious disease in the world, and stigma continues to play a significant role in worsening the epidemic. Stigma and discrimination not only stop people from seeking care but also make it more difficult for those on treatment to ...
Abdullaev, Timur +24 more
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Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2018 Purpose: Sports participation and physical fitness are widely beneficial for young people, yet activity levels among young people are declining. Despite growing popular media attention on the participation of sexual minority (e.g., lesbian, gay, and ...
Marion Doull +4 more
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Stigma in youth with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis [PDF]
, 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
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Development of a scale to measure stigma related to podoconiosis in Southern Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Health-related stigma adds to the physical and economic burdens experienced by people suffering from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Previous research into the NTD podoconiosis showed significant stigma towards those with the disease,
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Unpacking the dynamics of double stigma : how the HIV-TB co-epidemic alters TB stigma and its management among healthcare workers [PDF]
, 2020 Background HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are intricably interlinked in South Africa. The social aspects of this co-epidemic remain relatively unexplored. More specifically, no research has quantitatively explored the double stigma associated with HIV and TB ...
Engelbrecht, Michelle +8 more
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Psychometric assessment of the Post- Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI)
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Previous research has linked excessive stress among post-secondary students to poor academic performance and poor mental health. Despite attempts to ameliorate mental health challenges at post-secondary institutions, there exists a gap in the ...
Brooke Linden, Heather Stuart
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BMC Family Practice, 2018 Background Depression affects over 400 million people globally. The majority are seen in primary care. Barriers in providing adequate care are not solely related to physicians’ knowledge/skills deficits, but also time constraints, lack of confidence ...
Bianca Lauria-Horner +5 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2022 BackgroundMental illness stigma has been a global concern, owing to its adverse effects on the recovery of people with mental illness, and may delay help-seeking for mental health because of the concern of being stigmatized.
Tiffany H C Fong, Winnie W S Mak
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Do continuum beliefs reduce schizophrenia stigma? Effects of a laboratory intervention on behavioral and self-reported stigma [PDF]
, 2017 Background and objectives Correlational research shows that belief in a continuum of psychiatric problems predicts decreased public stigma. However, the correlational findings fail to inform the stigma reduction prospects of manipulating continuum ...
Shanks, Lindsay N. +2 more
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Stigma, Social Comparison and Self-Esteem in Adults with an Intellectual Disability [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The paper examines the perception of stigma in 43 adults with an intellectual disability, the relationship this has with their psychological well-being and whether the process of social comparison has a moderating effect on this relationship.
Lindsay, William +2 more
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