American Journal of Public Health· 2013Q1
Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Population Health Inequalities
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This paper argues that stigma, often studied in isolation, is a fundamental cause of population health inequalities, impacting multiple life domains and acting through psychological and structural pathways.
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Key points
- Stigma is often studied in separate domains, limiting understanding of its full significance.
- A conceptual framework is presented outlining psychological and structural pathways through which stigma affects health.
- Stigma disrupts multiple life domains, including resources, social relationships, and coping behaviors.
- The authors propose considering stigma alongside other major social determinants of population health.
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Abstract
Bodies of research pertaining to specific stigmatized statuses have typically developed in separate domains and have focused on single outcomes at 1 level of analysis, thereby obscuring the full significance of stigma as a fundamental driver of population health. Here we provide illustrative evidence on the health consequences of stigma and present a conceptual framework describing the psychological and structural pathways through which stigma influences health. Because of its pervasiveness, its disruption of multiple life domains (e.g., resources, social relationships, and coping behaviors), and its corrosive impact on the health of populations, stigma should be considered alongside the other major organizing concepts for research on social determinants of population health.
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Field: Social Psychology
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