Pregnancy is a challenging time when women must cope with rapid changes to their bodies. Yet, most pregnant women experience weight stigma, or shaming from others regarding their weight. Aside from ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) During lockdown, we saw how the pandemic was leading to new forms of social solidarity . In addition to claps for carers and rainbow pictures, the very act of staying home ...
“Can I come in through the back door?” or, “Please schedule my appointments so I don’t run into anyone I know.” These requests were routine early in my 40-year private practice as a clinical ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BREVARD, N.C. — Unlike some health issues where illness is often openly discussed, mental health is vastly different: Many ...
At a recent party, another guest, a nurse, asked what I do for a living. I explained that as a health policy researcher, my ...
For people living with HIV (PLHIV), an important barrier to receiving timely HIV care is the stigma associated with the disease. HIV-related stigma has been associated with lower rates of HIV testing, ...
Fig 1 Thematic divergence and convergence. Venn diagram demonstrating thematic divergence and convergence among sites. Fig 2 Stigma model for pediatric cancer. Stigma model adapted from the Health ...