نتایج جستجو برای: social stigma

تعداد نتایج: 619305  

2013
Gitau Mburu Mala Ram Morten Skovdal David Bitira Ian Hodgson Grace W Mwai Christine Stegling Janet Seeley

INTRODUCTION Global scale up of antiretroviral therapy is changing the context of HIV-related stigma. However, stigma remains an ongoing concern in many countries. Groups of people living with HIV can contribute to the reduction of stigma. However, the pathways through which they do so are not well understood. METHODS This paper utilizes data from a qualitative study exploring the impact of n...

Journal: :European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists 2015
M Lanfredi S Zoppei C Ferrari C Bonetto T Van Bortel G Thornicroft L Knifton N Quinn G Rossi A Lasalvia

INTRODUCTION Individual social capital has been recognized as having an important role for health and well-being. We tested the hypothesis that poor social capital increases internalized stigma and, in turn, can reduce empowerment among people with major depressive disorder (MDD). MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional multisite study conducted on a sample of 516 people with MDD in 1...

Background: Not much is known about correlates of HIV-related self-stigma among female sex workers. Using the theory of planned behavior in the Malaysian context, this study investigated the relationships of HIV knowledge, attitudes towards HIV, attitudes towards people living with HIV, perceived social support, self-esteem, and age with HIV-related self-stigma, also how much of the variance in...

Journal: :African health sciences 2008
Violet N Yebei J D Fortenberry David O Ayuku

BACKGROUND Individuals suffer from felt stigma when they internalize negative perceptions regarding themselves. People living with HIV (PLWH) employ diverse coping mechanisms when their self worth and networks are disrupted by stigma. The social network perspective suggests response to stigma is shaped by social context. OBJECTIVE This paper examines whether internalized HIV stigma among PLWH...

Background and Objective: Epilepsy is one of the most common and chronic neurological diseases that can cause many psychological problems for people with this disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between disease stigma and social anxiety considering the mediating role of family function in patients with epilepsy. Methods: The study design was descriptive-corre...

Journal: :Psychiatria Danubina 2013
Slađana Štrkalj-Ivezić

Much more is known about attitudes toward mental illness and social stigma, the viscious cycle of its consequences and how to fight the social stigma in public, but much less is known about how to combat the stigma and self stigma in clinical practice. Stigma theories have not been enough to understand the feelings and experience of people with mental illness. Conceptual framework that understa...

Background & aim: Inability in childbearing is considered a deviation from the norms; therefore, the stigmatized women need to develop some effective strategies to meet this tough challenge. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of infertility counseling programs on perceived stigma among infertile women who were candidates for intrauterine inseminati...

Journal: :Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP 2011
Ilan H Meyer Suzanne C Ouellette Rahwa Haile Tracy A McFarlane

Stigma and social inequality deprive disadvantaged social groups of a sense of social well-being. Stress researchers have focused on prejudice-related events and conditions but have not described more intangible stressors experienced by sexual minorities. We use narrative methods to examine how sexual minorities experience stigma and social inequality as we focus on the more intangible stressor...

رضایی, فاطمه, روشن نیا, سمیه, علی اسدی, حمزه,

Introduction: Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy within the past several decades, people suffering from this disorder continue to be stigmatized. Stigma is a psychological social process that begins with labeling and leads to social avoidance as well as social isolation. In many people suffering from epilepsy, stigma is held to adversely impact their psychological well-...

2014
Berhanu Boru Bifftu Berihun Assefa Dachew Bewket Tadesse Tiruneh

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia is one of the most disabling and severely stigmatized mental disorders. Together with social stigma, internalized stigma and perceived stigma can trigger a vicious cycle and diminishes the stigma resistance abilities of individual. Helping patients to cope up with perceived and internalized stigma play crucial role in fighting stigma. This study aimed to assess the prev...

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