Social Stigma

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "I should know better": the roles of relationships, spirituality, disclosure, stigma, and shame for older women living with HIV seeking support in the South. 
  • "Let Me Help You Help Me": Church-Based HIV Prevention for Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. 
  • 'I don't need an eye for an eye': Women's responses to intimate partner violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia. 
  • A Qualitative Exploration of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Contexts of HIV-Positive Adolescents in Tanzania. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of a stigma reduction intervention for HIV-infected women in the Deep South. 
  • A service user co-facilitated intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among primary healthcare workers: Utilizing perspectives of family members and caregivers. 
  • A survey of healthcare-seeking practices and related stigma among community- and street-based children in Cambodia. 
  • AIDS-related stigma, HIV testing, and transmission risk among patrons of informal drinking places in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • Acceptability of a group intervention for initiates of antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania. 
  • Affected by HIV stigma: interpreting results from a population survey of an urban center in Guangxi, China. 
  • Are Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using mental health services? New data from a national random-sample survey. 
  • Association between weight bias internalization and metabolic syndrome among treatment-seeking individuals with obesity. 
  • Avoidant Coping Mediates the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy for HIV Disclosure and Depression Symptoms Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Newly Diagnosed with HIV. 
  • Barriers to sexual and reproductive health care among widows in Nepal. 
  • Behavioral health programs in fire service: Surveying access and preferences. 
  • Black Mothers Living With HIV Picture the Social Determinants of Health. 
  • Building resilience: a mental health intervention for Tanzanian youth living with HIV. 
  • Capturing the Social Location of African American Mothers Living With HIV: An Inquiry Into How Social Determinants of Health Are Framed. 
  • Cervical Cancer Stigma in Rural Kenya: What Does HIV Have to Do with It? 
  • Diabetes Technological Revolution: Winners and Losers? 
  • Do beliefs about depression etiologies influence the type and severity of depression stigma? The case of Arab adolescents. 
  • Ending HIV-related stigma: nursing's opportunity to lead. 
  • Evaluating mental health difficulties and associated outcomes among HIV-positive adolescents in Tanzania. 
  • Feasibility of using an iPod touch device and acceptability of a stigma reduction intervention with HIV-infected women in the Deep South. 
  • Feasibility, safety, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of measurement-based care depression treatment for HIV patients in Bamenda, Cameroon. 
  • Food addiction and its impact on weight-based stigma and the treatment of obese individuals in the U.S. and Australia. 
  • Group cognitive-behavioral treatment for internalized weight stigma: a pilot study. 
  • HIV and Sexuality Stigma Reduction Through Engagement in Online Forums: Results from the HealthMPowerment Intervention. 
  • HIV testing behaviors and attitudes among community recruited methamphetamine users in a South African township. 
  • HIV-related stigma among an urban sample of persons living with HIV at risk for dropping out of HIV-oriented primary medical care. 
  • HIV/AIDS in the Southern USA: a disproportionate epidemic. 
  • HIV/AIDS-related stigma in South African alcohol-serving venues and its potential impact on HIV disclosure, testing and treatment-seeking behaviours. 
  • Health system preparedness for integration of mental health services in rural Liberia. 
  • How is acceptance of the brain disease model of addiction related to Australians' attitudes towards addicted individuals and treatments for addiction? 
  • Low rates of child testing for HIV persist in a high-risk area of East Africa. 
  • Managing Stigma Effectively: What Social Psychology and Social Neuroscience Can Teach Us. 
  • Mapping a Syndemic of Psychosocial Risks During Pregnancy Using Network Analysis. 
  • Modality of Primary HIV Disclosure and Association with Mental Health, Stigma, and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Tanzanian Youth Living with HIV. 
  • NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043): results from in-depth interviews with a longitudinal cohort of community members. 
  • Obesogenic Behavior and Weight-Based Stigma in Popular Children's Movies, 2012 to 2015. 
  • Out of the silos: identifying cross-cutting features of health-related stigma to advance measurement and intervention. 
  • Pass the popcorn: "obesogenic" behaviors and stigma in children's movies. 
  • Pastoral care use among post-9/11 veterans who screen positive for mental health problems. 
  • Patient-Initiated Repackaging of Antiretroviral Therapy, Viral Suppression and Drug Resistance. 
  • Perceived acceptability of home-based couples voluntary HIV counseling and testing in Northern Tanzania. 
  • Perceived barriers by health care providers for screening and management of excessive alcohol use in an emergency department of a low-income country. 
  • Personal and Perceived Depression Stigma among Arab Adolescents: Associations with Depression Severity and Personal Characteristics. 
  • Place-based stressors associated with industry and air pollution. 
  • Proactive community case-finding to facilitate treatment seeking for mental disorders, Nepal. 
  • Psychological Symptoms and Social Functioning Following Repair of Obstetric Fistula in a Low-Income Setting. 
  • Psychosocial variables associated with coping of HIV-positive women diagnosed during pregnancy. 
  • Public and personal depression stigma in a rural American female sample. 
  • Public anti-stigma programmes might impove help-seeking. 
  • Racial/ethnic differences in parent-reported barriers to accessing children's health services. 
  • Serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among people living with HIV: examining the roles of partner characteristics and stigma. 
  • Social Network Influence on HIV Testing Among Urban Men in Tanzania. 
  • State of HIV in the US Deep South 
  • Stigma Diminishes the Protective Effect of Social Support on Psychological Distress Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. 
  • Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity. 
  • Stigma in leprosy: miles to go! 
  • Stigma of Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review. 
  • Stigma, perceived blame, self-blame, and depressive symptoms in men with colorectal cancer. 
  • Surveying treatment preferences in U.S. Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans with PTSD symptoms: a step toward veteran-centered care. 
  • The Impact of Stigma on Community Reintegration of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury and the Well-Being of Their Caregivers. 
  • The love song of the headless fatty and other observations. 
  • The stigma of mental illness in Arab families: a concept analysis. 
  • The stress of stigma: exploring the effect of weight stigma on cortisol reactivity. 
  • Using an intersectional approach to study the impact of social determinants of health for African American mothers living with HIV. 
  • Voices of Women Facing HIV-Related Stigma in the Deep South. 
  • Zika Virus (ZIKV), Global Public Health, Disability, and Rehabilitation: Connecting the Dots…. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology