Sentence examples for experiences of stigmatisation from inspiring English sources

Experiences of stigmatisation also have effect on how they access and interact with health-care providers.

Participants' experiences of stigmatisation due to clinic attendance was raised at participatory workshops, CAC and cluster meetings.

This was compounded by the lack of knowledge about FMS by the patients and the public, and contributed to experiences of stigmatisation and discrimination, as reported in other visible [ 55] and invisible long term conditions [ 56, 57].

Similar experiences of stigmatisation and ostracism were reported by a 26-year old transgender sex worker in Mombasa: "Muslim elders and the community at large… they threatened to stone me to death if I go back there [home].

Exceptions are qualitative accounts of SCD beliefs as reincarnation in Nigeria (Nzewi 2001) and Ghana (Allotey and Reidpath 2001), a description of biosocial illness associated with SCD carrier status in Senegal (Fullwiley 2006) and experiences of stigmatisation around the genetically influenced disorder podoconiosis in Ethiopia (Tekola et al. 2009).

Students at Sciences Po, one of France's top universities, have invited people to wear the headscarf for a day, saying that by covering their hair participants could "better understand … the experience of stigmatisation" of some Muslim women.

In accordance, Newton et al 25 found that the absence of physical pathology, adopting a psychological framework to understand the pain and its impact often occur, but such explanations given by the healthcare professionals are closely related to the experience of stigmatisation and discredit, which further threatens the identity of the individuals.

We also found that some level of stigmatisation was experienced by the initially affected student in each school and subsequently by the student's class or year level.

Because numerous studies have revealed the negative consequences of stigmatisation, this study explores the determinants of stigma experiences.

We are also not aware of any research on the stigmatisation and discrimination experiences of MSM living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

Findings did not indicate significant differences between urban and rural settings, but demonstrated some significance in change-over-time in the HIV stigma experiences of PLWH as well as the HIV stigmatisation behaviour of PLC after the intervention.