Stigma Archives

12.03.2020 a screenshot of a graph

War on Words

The way journalists and reporters frame public health crises has the power to create and perpetuate racist bias.

Fellow Edward Alexander

10.20.2020 a statue of liberty wearing a face mask with Statue of Liberty in the background

Health Equity

Immigrant Health is Public Health

Covid-19 response efforts must recognize the complex factors that affect health outcomes of different immigrant communities.

Guest Authors Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Jessica Hill, Paul McDaniel

06.25.2020 a graph of different colored lines

Stigmatizing Abortion

When peers are unsupportive, discriminatory, or judgmental and stigmatize abortion, pregnant women experience high rates of depression, anxiety, and stress.

Fellow Pat Williams

06.01.2020 a cartoon of a muscle arm

Multidimensional Masculinity

Valuing toughness and anti-femininity might be risk factors because of the negative connotations associated with seeking treatment for mental health.

Fellow Pat Williams

05.28.2020 a graph of a line graph

Restoring LGBTQ Health

By the end of 2015, nearly 60% of LGBTQ people reported at least 14 poor health days after the passage of a Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana.

Fellow Edward Alexander

02.19.2020 an orange speaker on a wall

Say the Word

Academic research has the opportunity to privilege the voices of people with disabilities, rather than assuming that disability is inherently negative.

Guest Author Anjali Forber-Pratt

11.13.2019 a graph of a bar chart

Cuts and Condoms

Black men are impacted by HIV more than any other group in the US, and programs like Barbershop Talk with Brothers could reduce HIV inequities nationwide.

Fellow Jori Fortson

10.25.2019 a city skyline at dusk

An Historic Opioid Study

Researchers at Boston Medical Center were selected to represent Massachusetts in a $350 million study to address the opioid epidemic.

Fellow Julia Garcia

10.21.2019 a pile of trash on the ground

Injection Protection

A judge in Philadelphia ruled safe consumption spaces do not violate federal law, which may push others to seriously consider this harm reduction option.

Fellow Greg Kantor

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