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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research

Systematic Review of Scales for Measuring Infectious Disease–Related Stigma

Amy PatersonComments to Author , Ashleigh Cheyne, Benjamin Jones, Stefan Schilling, Louise Sigfrid, Jeni Stolow, Lina Moses, Piero Olliaro, and Amanda Rojek
Author affiliations: University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (A. Paterson, A. Cheyne, B. Jones, S. Schilling, L. Sigfrid, P. Olliaro, A. Rojek); Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (J. Stolow, L. Moses); Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (J. Stolow, L. Moses); The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A. Rojek)

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Frequency of inclusion of domains of stigma in a systematic review of scales for measuring infectious disease–related stigma. Graph displays existing scales from framework synthesis. Action-oriented stigma domains included the following: social, stigmatization by friends and family; public, stigmatization by broader community and strangers; occupational, stigmatization by colleagues and employers; provider-related, stigmatization by service providers; structural, stigmatization by institutions; self, internalized stigma; anticipated, disclosure concerns or avoidance due to fear of stigma; nonspecific actor, item does not specify who is enacting stigma.

Figure 3. Frequency of inclusion of domains of stigma in a systematic review of scales for measuring infectious disease–related stigma. Graph displays existing scales from framework synthesis. Action-oriented stigma domains included the following: social, stigmatization by friends and family; public, stigmatization by broader community and strangers; occupational, stigmatization by colleagues and employers; provider-related, stigmatization by service providers; structural, stigmatization by institutions; self, internalized stigma; anticipated, disclosure concerns or avoidance due to fear of stigma; nonspecific actor, item does not specify who is enacting stigma.

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