HIV stigma continues to act as a barrier to HIV care in South Africa, necessitating further research on the intersections of socioeconomic factors and the anticipation and expression of stigma surrounding HIV. W
Health care providers are therefore often guilty of treat- ment stigma [23] of PWMI. With the decentralization of mental health care and its integration into primary health care services in South Africa [25], many general health care providers who have not been exposed to patients with men- ...
Health care providers are therefore often guilty of treat- ment stigma [23] of PWMI. With the decentralization of mental health care and its integration into primary health care services in South Africa [25], many general health care providers who have not been exposed to patients with men- ...
Editors and Affiliations South African Research Chair in Science Communication, Centre for Research on Evaluation Science and Technology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Bankole Falade Wits Reproductive Health Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Hilbrow, South Africa Mercy Murire ...
Stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health conditions by their communities are common worldwide. This can result in a range of negative outcomes for affected persons, including poor access to health care. However, evidence is still patchy from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs...
Public health messages around obesity may also act to reinforce the cultural preoccupations of obesity as individual responsibility and the perpetuate weight stigma. Usually the shaming and blaming is inadvertent, but implied. For example, the Strong4Life campaign in the US emphasized that “fat prev...
2017 reported that HIV-related stigma had a negative impact on HIV-related health outcomes by influencing adherence and retention in HIV care through affecting interpersonal, psychological factors, mental health, and stress processes [44]. In this way, social cause theory can be applied to help ...
Few stigma reduction interventions move beyond the pilot phase of implementation, and those that do have tended to be in high-income countries. For example, mass media campaigns to reduce the stigma associated with mental health have been implemented at scale and sus- tained over time in the ...
Minority stress theory, which was developed in the United States, continues to be the most widely used theory for understanding and addressing LGBTQ stigma glob- ally (Nakamura & Logie, 2019). It is applied by LGBTQ communities around the world that have found it to be useful for their ...
Mental health-related stigma is a global public health concern and a major barrier to seeking care. In this study, we explored the role of stigma as a barr