Dual perspectives on stigma: reports of experienced and enacted stigma by those affected and unaffected by podoconiosis
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Dual Perspectives On Stigma: Reports of Experienced and Enacted Stigma by Those Affected and Unaffected by Podoconiosis
Background: Disease-related stigma is a public health concern steadily gaining global attention. Evidence consistently shows that an individual's attribution of disease cause can prompt or justify interpersonal stigma. However, few studies have explored causal beliefs about inherited disease and their influence on stigmatising behaviours in low and middle income countries. Design and methods: T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2279-9036,2279-9028
DOI: 10.4081/jphr.2016.689