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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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Framing anatomical variation in anatomy textbooks: Language use and its implications

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Text mining of anatomy textbooks shows “abnormal” is the most frequently used descriptor for anatomical variation, reinforcing a binary framing. We advocate for explicit teaching of variation as a spectrum, with consistent, neutral terminology and contextualization (prevalence and functional relevance) to support a more nuanced understanding of ...
An‐Di Yim, Matthew Schell, Alexandra Zachwieja   +2 more
wiley   +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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Investigating the changes in skin color representation within US medical textbook imagery

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Medical education traditionally relies on textbooks with limited representation of dark skin tones, contributing to “visual racism.” This study sought to answer: “To what extent has skin‐of‐color representation changed in widely used U.S. medical textbooks over twenty years?” Older and newer editions of four widely used medical textbooks were ...
Justin Lyon, Dillon Stevens, Adriene Pavek, Annabelle Huntsman, Jennifer L. Hamilton   +4 more
wiley   +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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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of composted manures and co-composted biochar on growth performance of saffron and soil nutrients under varying electrical conductivity soil conditions: A two-year field study

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
The stigmas of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) are known as “red gold” for being the most expensive spice of the world. This medicinal crop grows well in the regions with cold winter Mediterranean climate. However, salinity can be one of the limiting factors
Shagufta Qasim, Shamim Gul, Tariq Ziad, Agha Waqar Yunus, Raza Ullah Khan, Ali Akbar, Abdul Hanan Buriro   +6 more
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Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
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Grandparent Prenatal Tobacco, Alcohol, Coffee, and Tea Consumption and Autism in the Third Generation

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exogenous prenatal exposures may affect neurodevelopment across multiple generations. We investigated grandmother and grandfather smoking, alcohol, coffee, and tea consumption during pregnancy in relation to their grandchildren's risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Michelle Pearl, Kimberly Berger, Piera M. Cirillo, Nickilou Y. Krigbaum, Victor Poon, Gayle C. Windham, Barbara A. Cohn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electroconvulsive Therapy for Catatonia in Autistic and Non‐Autistic Patients: An Observational Study on Course, Efficacy, Aggression, and Self‐Injury Outcomes

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Catatonia occurs disproportionately in autistic individuals and may respond to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), yet prior reports suggest greater treatment burden in this population. We compared longitudinal ECT utilization, safety, and clinical outcomes between autistic and non‐autistic patients with catatonia.
Joshua Ryan Smith, Maria Bonnee, Sarah Marler, Seri Lim, D. Catherine Fuchs, Rafael Tamargo, Isaac Baldwin, Christopher Maley, Ashley VanHaverbeck, Courtney Hamilton, Timothy Adegoke, Haozheng Xu, Jinyuan Liu, Zachary J. Williams, Jo Ellen Wilson, James Luccarelli   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source