Stigma

Assessing the Impact of Psychosocial Involvement in Health Care Workers with and without Active Tuberculosis at the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-09-13
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. The overall goal is to understand the psychosocial involvement in health care workers with and without active tuberculosis. The specific aims of this study are: To understand the...

The role of perceived friend depression and perceived stigma on self-reported depression among individuals who use drugs

Post Date: 
2018-11-15
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Countries: 
United States
Publication: 
Journal of Community Psychology
Depression and substance use are highly comorbid, and stigmatized, mental health conditions influenced by social network factors. The objective of this study was to explore the role of perceived depression and perceived mental health stigma among friends on self-reported depression over time...

Syndemic factors and resiliency among Latina immigrant indirect sex workers in an emergent immigrant city

Post Date: 
2018-08-23
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Countries: 
United States
Publication: 
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Female sex workers (FSW) constitute a highly vulnerable population challenged by numerous co-existing, or syndemic, risk factors. FSW also display resilience to these, and some evidence suggests that resilience may be associated with protective factors that improve health outcomes. We conducted in-...

Assessing TB-related knowledge and stigma and associated risk factors among pregnant women in low-resource settings of Pune, India

Post Date: 
2019-10-30
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Mehta S , Murrill M, Suryavanshi N, Bhosale R, Naik S, Patil N, Gupta A, Mathad J, Shivakoti R, Alexander M. Assessing TB-related knowledge and stigma and associated risk factors among pregnant women in low-resource settings of Pune, India. Poster presentation. 50th Union World Conference on Lung...