Stigma as a public health tool: Implications for health promotion and citizen involvement

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 333-335

  Williamson, Laura ^a   Thom, Betsy ^b   Stimson, Gerry V ^c   Uhl, Alfred ^d  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Anton Proksch Institute   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BINGE DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING BAN; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPY; TRUST; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PROCEDURES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84902841612     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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