Destigmatization and health: Cultural constructions and the long-term reduction of stigma

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-232

  Clair, Matthew ^a   Daniel, Caitlin ^a   Lamont, Michèle ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Destigmatization; Discrimination; HIV AIDS; Obesity; Racism; Stigma; Stigma reduction

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DESTIGMATIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IDEOLOGY; OBESITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RACISM; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961851530     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.021     Document Type: Article

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