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Stigma: Lessons from Women1

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Societies worldwide tend to stigmatize diseases associated with poverty, deviant or morally sanctioned behavior, contagion, frightening or unusual symptoms, and physical disfigurement or impairment. Stigma can lead to discrimination, shame, and fear. Stigma may be especially acute for women: it may limit their marital prospects; constrain their participation in community, household and family roles; and diminish their quality of life. For already-stigmatized communities, the added impact of infectious diseases can hinder economic and human development.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1011.040624_07

Authors: Wanda K. Jones, Diana Weil, Jeannine Coreil, Bronwyn Shoush

Institutions: United States Department of Health and Human Services, World Bank, World Health Organization, University of South Florida

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, No poverty

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2015319250

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Cited by: 9

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