Adherence
Health-related stigma acts as a global barrier that impedes health-seeking behavior, engagement in care, and adherence to treatment across various conditions.
Health stigma is a major, documented barrier to getting care and sticking to treatment plans. It operates through social, cultural, and structural forces, not just individual psychology. To improve health outcomes, interventions must address these multi-level drivers rather than focusing solely on individual coping.
Stigma is a well-documented global barrier to health-seeking behavior [1], engagement in care [2], and adherence to treatment [3] across a range of health conditions [4, 5].
Why this rating
The paper is a comprehensive framework review citing extensive existing literature across multiple conditions (HIV, leprosy, epilepsy, etc.).
Source
The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas
Anne Stangl et al. · BMC Medicine · 2019
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