Background Internalized HIV stigma is a public health concern as it can compromise HIV
prevention, care and treatment. This paper has two aims. First, it highlights the urgent need …

We propose that some of our students are socialized with destructive thinking toward ethics
and virtue that distorts their mind-sets long before they enter our classrooms. Students are …

Purpose This paper was commissioned by the Working Group mandated by the Canadian
Institute of Population and Public Health and the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health …

Stigma, prejudice, and discrimination are closely related and tightly interwoven social
constructs. These constructs affect many, based on age, religion, ethnic origin, or …

This research examines the experience of stigma associated with psychiatric treatment
among Chinese patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong. In focus groups patients …

A rapid spreading of the COVID-19 virus in recent years had a great impact on every single
aspect of live and the world faced with unexpected and unpredictable crisis in both physical …

Background We examined the magnitude and correlates of Ebola virus disease (EVD)-
related stigma among EVD survivors in Sierra Leone since their return to their communities …

This study explores the ways in which school-imposed labeling in a “no-excuses” charter
school that was explicitly designed for the purpose of benefiting Black students, impacts …

Purpose To develop a non—condition-specific scale to capture biases, emotions, and
expectations generated by medical condition descriptors. Method An 18-item pilot scale was …

Purpose Stigmatisation can negatively affect opportunities for people with intellectual
disabilities to participate in society. Stereotyping, a first step in the process of stigmatisation …