Experiencing stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among healthcare workers [PDF]
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) played a crucial role in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to increased workloads, they were confronted with stigmatization due to their work in the health sector. Methods Guided by the Health Stigma and
Dafina Danqa +3 more
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Implementation of a team-teaching seminar on the stigmatization and psychosocial burdens of people with visible skin diseases in the standard curriculum of medical studies [PDF]
Background: Stigmatization of people with visible skin diseases (VSD) is a widespread problem that can lead to severe psychosocial stress. Owing to its great significance, there is also a need to develop and evaluate teaching opportunities for medical ...
Heinen, Ines +9 more
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Stigmatized Work and Stigmatized Workers
Stigmas pervade organizational life. A stigma is a discrediting social evaluation that devalues an individual or group. We review research on stigmatized work and stigmatized workers, with a particular emphasis on how people become stigmatized and what they (and others) do about it.
Kreiner, G, Mihelcic, C, Mikolon, S
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Stigmatization in Patients With Psoriasis: A Mini Review
Psoriasis is a chronic and recurrent immune-related skin disease that often causes disfigurement and disability. Due to the visibility of lesions in patients and inadequate understanding of dermatology knowledge in the general public, patients with ...
Hanlin Zhang +4 more
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COVID-19-related stigmatization of affected people or people at risk of infection has been shown to enhance the reluctance of affected individuals to use health services and reduce their mental health.
Sandrine Bisenius +3 more
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Housing Stigmatization: A General Theory
This article treats housing stigmatization as a social process of symbolic ascription, connected to inhabitants, housing form, housing tenure, and/or housing location.
Mervyn Horgan
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Information Dissemination and Control of NIMBY Projects under Stigmatization
NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) projects are easily stigmatized due to their environmental risk. Stigmatization enlarges residents’ risk perception, urges residents to spread information, and takes actions to resist project implementation, causing ...
Changzheng Zhang, Yun Zhu, Lianyan Xu
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When mental health care is stigmatizing: experience of users and families and associated factors
Introduction Mental health care is considered to be one of the main sources of mental illness stigmatization. Detailed information about these stigmatization experiences is needed to reduce stigma in mental health practices.
K.-M. Valery +4 more
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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]
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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Direct and Indirect Acts of Stigmatization
When considering the impact of stigmatization on society, we tend to think of one aspect of stigmatization while ignoring another. Drawing from historical and fictional cases, I argue that acts of stigmatization can be direct or indirect. Acts of direct
Jennifer Gleason
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