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STIGMA AS A FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE. Fundamental cause theory proposes that some social factors or circumstances remain persistently associated with health inequalities over time despite dramatic changes in diseases, risk factors, and health interventions.
Dec 6, 2017 · To illustrate general dynamics of stigma in health care, they consider these processes for individuals from four socially stigmatized groups: (1) Black people; (2) people who are overweight or obese; (3) individuals living with HIV; and (4) people with certain cancers, such as lung cancer.
Feb 11, 2006 · Major forms of discrimination. We characterise three major forms of discrimination, which can have varying degrees of severity. Direct discrimination occurs when A engages in overt rejection of B's job application, refuses to rent B an apartment, and so on. Structural discrimination is more subtle.
- Bruce G Link, Jo C Phelan
- 2006
Oct 13, 2021 · Key points. There is a pervasive stigma associated with many physical and mental illnesses. Stigma is not about who someone is; it emerges in the interaction between people. Stigmatizing views...
In “Conceptualizing stigma” from 2001, Link and Phelan offer a thorough and detailed definition of stigma. They suggest that there are six necessary conditions for stigma, namely labelled differences, stereotypes, separation, status loss and discrimination, power, and emotional reaction. This definition is widely applied in the literature ...
Dec 6, 2017 · The significance of identifying stigma as a fundamental cause is that policies and interventions must address stigma itself rather than the mechanisms that link it to health. Otherwise, stigma will continually produce health inequalities through the creation of new mechanisms.
Oct 19, 2020 · In order to understand the phenomenon of stigma in different populations (e.g., different ethnicities, different diseases, and different conditions), this Special Issue collects papers from around the world to illustrate the stigma phenomenon.
