Stigmatization (Health Coverage)

HIV Stigmatization Harms Individuals and Public Health

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial There have been many successful stories about HIV treatment and prevention during the past three decades of the AIDS epidemic. Among the successful stories, HIV chemo-therapy has been a major medical accomplishment in the past two decades and has d...

Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره هفدهم، خرداد 1398، 208-207       «پوشش همگانی بهداشت: هرکسی، هرجا»   Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere   محسن رضائیان[1]   M. Rezaeian   سازمان جهانی بهداشت World Health Organization (WHO)  هر ساله  هفتم آوریل (مصادف با هجدهم فروردین) را به عنوان روز جهانی بهداشت گرامی داشته و شعاری را برای آن انتخاب می‌کند. ...

Association Between Perceived Health Care Stigmatization and BMI Change

BACKGROUND/AIMS This study examined the association between experiences of health care stigmatization and BMI changes in men and women with normal weight and obesity in Sweden. METHODS The participants were drawn from a population-based survey in Sweden (1996-2006), and data on their perceived health care stigmatization were measured in 2008. They were categorized in individuals with normal w...

Stigmatization, physical illness and mental health in primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) causes chronic cough, sinusitis and bronchiectasis, and half of patients also show situs inversus. The genetic basis and visible and concealed chronic symptoms provide potential for stigmatization. We describe a structural equation model linking a questionnaire measure of stigmatization to sex, age, personality (Big Five), symptoms (St George's Respiratory Quest...

Effective Coverage as a New Metric for Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage