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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, Chan, KY, Zhang, KL, Reidpath, DD   +3 more
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Tuberculosis stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic mapping review of research in low incidence countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma is an important social determinant of health. Research generally highlights how stigma can have a considerable impact on individuals and communities, including delays in seeking health care and adherence to treatment ...
G.M. Craig, A. Daftary, N. Engel, S. O’Driscoll, A. Ioannaki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medicaid Stigma [PDF]

This paper uses the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) to examine whether the low take-up rate for publicly provided health insurance is caused by welfare stigma that people associate with those programs. The NSAF asks several questions related
Arik Levinson and Sjamsu Rahardja
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Stigma and its correlates in patients with schizophrenia attending a general hospital psychiatric unit

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Background: Very few studies from India have studied stigma experienced by patients with schizophrenia. Aim of the Study: To study stigma in patients with schizophrenia (in the form of internalized stigma, perceived stigma and social-participation ...
Aakanksha Singh, Surendra K. Mattoo, Sandeep Grover   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stigma and Social Control [PDF]

Social interactions provide a set of incentives for regulating individual behavior. Chief among these is stigma, the status loss and discrimination that results from the display of stigmatized attributes or behaviors.
Blume, Lawrence
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A theory-informed deep learning approach to extracting and characterizing substance use-related stigma in social media

BMC Digital Health
Background Stigma surrounding substance use can result in severe consequences for physical and mental health. Identifying situations in which stigma occurs and characterizing its impact could be a critical step toward improving outcomes for individuals ...
David Roesler, Shana Johnny, Mike Conway, Annie T. Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stigma and attitudes on epilepsy - A study with secondary school students [PDF]

, 2007
Purpose: To evaluate whether an inappropriate attitude towards a person having an epileptic seizure contributes to the stigma found in society and whether an appropriate attitude helps to diminish it in the short term; to perform a long term ...
Sander, JW, Gail S. Bell, Fernandes, PT, Bell, GS, Paula T. Fernandes, Josemir W. Sander, Reno, BA, Li M. Li, Li, LM, Brenda A. Reno   +9 more
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Depression stigma

Journal of Public Economics
Throughout history, people with mental illness have been discriminated against and stigmatized. Our experiment provides a new measure of perceived depression stigma and then investigates the causal effect of perceived stigma on help-seeking in a sample of 1,844 Americans suffering from depression.
Christopher Roth, Peter Schwardmann, Egon Tripodi   +2 more
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Prevalence of HIV-related stigma manifestations and their contributing factors among people living with HIV in Sweden – a nationwide study

BMC Public Health
Background With access to  antiretroviral therapy (ART) HIV infection is a chronic manageable condition and non-sexually transmissible. Yet, many people living with HIV still testify about experiencing HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
Lena Nilsson Schönnesson, Marie Dahlberg, Maria Reinius, Galit Zeluf-Andersson, Anna-Mia Ekström, Lars E. Eriksson   +5 more
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Effects of HIV and alcohol stigma on biomarker-confirmed alcohol use following a peer-delivered intervention in South Africa

Addictive Behaviors Reports
Background: Despite documented relationships between multiple forms of stigma and health outcomes, limited research has examined the effects of both HIV and alcohol stigmas on objectively measured alcohol use.
Jennifer M. Belus, Morgan S. Anvari, Hongjie Ke, Kristen S. Regenauer, Tianzhou Ma, Bronwyn Myers, Lena S. Andersen, John A. Joska, Jessica F. Magidson   +8 more
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