Intervening within and across levels: A multilevel approach to stigma and public health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-109

  Cook, Jonathan E ^a   Purdie Vaughns, Valerie ^b   Meyer, Ilan H ^c   Busch, Justin T A ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health; Intervention; Stigma

Indexed keywords

DISPARITIES; HEALTH; INTERVENTION; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84893509106     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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