social stigma is a major challenge among the patients with mental illness, their families and the health care providers. not only the patient with psychological disorders, but also who has an infectious disease suffer social stigma. stigma refers to an extreme and unusual disapproval of a person from the other members of society. stigma is a greek word that in its origins referred to a type of ...

background: empowerment of people with diabetes means integrating diabetes with identity. however, others’ stigmatization can influence it. although diabetes is so prevalent among iranians, there is little knowledge about diabetes‑related stigma in iran. the present study explored diabetes‑related stigma in people living with type 1 diabetes in isfahan. materials and methods: a conventional con...

introduction people suffering from psychiatric illness experience stigma as an unpleasant social construct. stigma has many damaging effects on the individuals, work, home-managing and social communications in these people. the main objective of this grounded theory study was to develop the perspectives of sufferers, their families, and healthcare team members about stigma in people with psychi...

objectives: stigma is a negative value. many behaviors are to ward stigmatized people. down syndrome is one of conditions with stigma. the aim of this study is to determine the sources of labeling in iranian down syndrome. methods: the view of 105 down syndrome families concerning stigma were conducted. all of down syndrome was under 50 years. results: a fair proportion of down syndrome familie...

background: stigma is one of the obstacles in the treatment and regaining the mental health of people with mental illness. the aim was determination of mental illness stigma among nurses in psychiatric wards. this study was conducted in psychiatric wards of teaching hospitals in tabriz, urmia, and ardabil in the north-west of iran. materials and methods: this research is a descriptive analysis ...

conclusions the findings indicated that society associates reproductive health issues with sexual relations, which in turn shapes the stigma and places limitations on unmarried women for using reproductive health services. thus, while reproductive health services are planned and provided to unmarried women, strategies are demanded for overcoming this stigma. objectives this paper explores the c...

conclusions patients’ experiences of stigma and rejection phenomena indicated that all aspects of their lives are affected. moreover, these findings highlight the significance of stigma and rejection concepts in providing better care to these patients. results after analysis of interviews, four themes were extracted: lack of social support, unrealistic and inappropriate labeling, rejection and ...

BACKGROUND Cross-sectional studies show that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) stigma is negatively correlated with social support. PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to examine the bidirectional relationship between social support and HIV stigma. METHODS We collected quarterly data from a cohort of 422 people living with HIV in Uganda, followed for a median of 2.1 years. We used multile...