The Public Stigma of Mental Illness: What Do We Think; What Do We Know; What Can We Prove?
The Public Stigma of Mental Illness: What Do We Think; What Do We Know; What Can We Prove? In a 2015 article from the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, data became available to address the question: Do larger cultural contexts of stigma differ significantly? Preliminary findings suggest...
Faith and Health: Past and Present of Relations between Faith Communities and the World Health Organization
Faith and Health: Past and Present of Relations between Faith Communities and the World Health Organization | Reverend Canon Ted Karpf | 2014 | Christian Journal for Global Health | The author describes collaboration between the WHO and faith-based organizations in the implementation of primary health care, the...
Effectiveness of Social Skills Training for reduction of self-perceived Stigma in Leprosy
by Valsa Augustine of the Schieffelin Institute of Health Research and Leprosy Centre in Tamil Nadu, India; and Miriam Longmore of Somerville College, Oxford University, Oxford, England. To assess the effectiveness of social skills training in leprosy patients to raise self-esteem and reduce self-perceived stigma, five leprosy patients...
The Christian Medical Commission and the Development of WHO’s Primary Heath Care Approach
The Christian Medical Commission and the Development of WHO’s Primary Heath Care Approach | Socrates Litsios | American Journal for Public Health | November 2004 Read More