People with excess body weight and weight discrimination in the labour market
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica, 2020 This article addresses issues associated with the perception of obesity and being overweight in the labour market, and the issue of weight discrimination. Excess body weight has become a very serious social problem.
Martyna Krogulec
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International Insolvency Review, 2023 AbstractIt is a commonly held belief that there exists a sense of stigma around insolvency, which explains the low uptake of rescue procedures in the United Kingdom and around the world. We assess the accuracy of this claim through two qualitative studies. The first is conducted through interviews with corporate directors in the United Kingdom.
Ghio, Emilie, Thomson, Donald
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Joining the conspiracy? Negotiating ethics and emotions in researching (around) AIDS in southern Africa [PDF]
, 2005 AIDS is an emotive subject, particularly in southern Africa. Among those who have been directly affected by the disease, or who perceive themselves to be personally at risk, talking about AIDS inevitably arouses strong emotions - amongst them fear ...
Aggleton P +38 more
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Public-private tragedy: Stigma, victimisation and community identity [PDF]
, 2018 On 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot and killed 16 children and 1 teacher at Dunblane Primary School, Scotland. In the weeks and months that followed, intense and extensive media coverage focused on the victims, the community, the aftermath and the ...
O'Leary, Nicola
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Continuing stigmatisation by psychiatrists [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2001 In response to the Royal College of Psychiatrists' anti-stigma campaign, Chaplin ([2000][1]) emphasises the role psychiatrists can have in both creating and perpetuating stigma. Chaplin particularly focuses on people with alcohol problems and on those with learning disabilities.
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Part-time hospitalisation and stigma experiences: a study in contemporary psychiatric hospitals. [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Because numerous studies have revealed the negative consequences of stigmatisation, this study explores the determinants of stigma experiences.
Mieke Verhaeghe +40 more
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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 ...
Chan, KY +3 more
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Developing Signalong Indonesia: issues of happiness and pedagogy, training and stigmatisation
, 2017 Signalong Indonesia (SI), a key word signing approach, was created to support the development of Indonesian inclusive schools. A mixed methods approach collected data about teacher’s beliefs and experiences regarding SI from the first two schools to ...
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A Call to Mind: How are MG Authors Challenging the Stigmatisation of Mental Health?
Leaf JournalWith primary schools experiencing a mental health crisis, there is a rising need for the conversations around mental health disorders (MHD) to become normalised so that children at this age feel seen and heard.
Elaine Lambert
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A critical perspective on stigma in physiotherapy: the example of weight stigma [PDF]
, 2018 "Manipulating practices is the first ever collection of critical physiotherapy studies and comes at a time of unprecedented change in the profession. Written as a collaboration between 20 authors, many members of the Critical Physiotherapy Network (CPN),
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