The purpose of this study is to explore how those involved with the Convict Criminology Group navigate any stigma related to their criminal history. While not all members of this group have a criminal history, many do. I conducted semi structured interviews with six such members…
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The purpose of this study is to contribute to the existing research on the impact of trauma on Latinx migrants and refugees, as well as reveal the best theoretical approaches for providing psychosocial interventions and multimodal treatments to reduce trauma among Latinx communi…
Background: Contact with mental illness often reduces stigma among the general public. Little is known about how family history, as a form of contact with mental illness, may be associated with stigma among individuals identified as at-risk to develop psychosis (CHR-p). Further,…
The increasing global reach of survey research provides sociologists with new opportunities to pursue theory building and refinement through comparative analysis. However, comparison across a broad array of diverse contexts introduces methodological complexities related to the d…
This study explored the lived experience of five military combat veterans' attitudes towards military mental health care in regards to stigmatization of receiving these services. Each participant served multiple tours of duty in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 to 2…
There is a need for epilepsy-based health education programs to enlighten Nigerian communities and reduce the stigma associated with epilepsy. Epilepsy in Nigeria is viewed by some as a contagious and an infectious disease or a condition imposed from the gods, possessed by demon…
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is one of the only regions throughout the world that saw an increase in new HIV infections from 2001 to 2009. Although UNAIDS estimates that 460,000 individuals are currently living with HIV in MENA, the exact number of women living with H…
In this dissertation I defend Rawlsian political liberalism against a challenge posed by Frantz Fanon; I justify my defense through interpretations of post-WWII Jewish American humor. Fanon claimed that stigmatization traps stigmatized people in distorted and devalued self-under…
Over the last several decades, the practices and philosophy of Sufi mystics from former Soviet Republics Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have spread into Russian society, and from there to much of Eastern Europe. Through the efforts of individuals such as Mirzakarim Sanakulovich Norbe…
Medical experts claim that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among United States military service personnel, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan has contributed to an "epidemic of suicide" in the U.S. However, veterans, military commanders, and mental health providers argue that feel…
As of the end of 2005, there were 25.8 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLA) throughout the world (UNAIDS, 2006). As a result, the fight against AIDS has become two-fold: preventing new infections and improving the life of the individuals living with the disease. At the cent…
Mental health stigma is a widespread deterrent of decisions to seek treatment for mental illness, yet little is known about how its discouraging effects compare to other treatment obstacles (e.g., external barriers) or its relationship with other mental health-related beliefs an…
Self-injury is a growing public health concern that impacts individuals of all ages, genders, and racial-ethnic backgrounds. While research on self-injury has primarily been conducted from a psychological and clinical perspective, this dissertation takes a social psychological a…
This dissertation explores the lived experiences and illness management of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) following the rollout of freely available anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in an ethnically and culturally diverse resource-poor setting. Employing a qualitative methodolo…
This dissertation is an ethnographic and historical study of the urban transportation system in Nairobi, Kenya and the large youth workforce who operate it. Currently, the informal mini-bus taxi system made up of vehicles called matatus, carries nearly 80% of the urban populatio…
Introduction. Depression is the one of the most common mental health disorders that people with HIV experience, with some figures placing rates of depression among people with HIV as high as 50%. HIV related stigma has been associated with depressive symptoms in studies outside …
Although social environments do not cause stuttering, they influence how stuttering is experienced, how it develops, and how it affects people's lives. This project was conducted in two parts, Study 1 and Study 2. Study 1 employed the POSHA-S public opinion survey to explore Sud…
TB care and prevention is led by the public sector, but many TB symptomatics first seek care in the private sector, highlighting the importance of engaging these facilities. This report examines basic TB epidemiology (such as the gap in case finding that could be addressed in pa…
This study introduced several new scales to identify predictors of West African immigrants' satisfaction with healthcare providers. Also, an existing 79-item tool was substantially reduced and adapted, resulting in an essentially new 26-item tool. The study's convenience sample …