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Pennsylvania State University
2016-2025
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2025
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
2025
University of Reading
2022-2024
University of Maryland, College Park
2024
Providence Health & Services
2023
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2023
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
2023
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
2023
NHS Grampian
2023
Journal Article Language of the Lost: An Explication Stigma Communication Get access Rachel A. Smith 1Department Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Theory, Volume 17, Issue 4, November 2007, Pages 462–485, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2007.00307.x Published: 23 October 2007
People affected by rare diseases often have limited coping resources and sometimes face stigma. They build communities with others who share their conditions, but not all members may benefit from these communities. This study investigated how adults a genetic health condition (Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; AATD) think about both the Alpha-1 community public stigma AATD, cognitions predict communication responses well-being. The results showed that people AATD-encountered stigmatization...
Abstract Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells, a unique cell population, lend themselves for use as adoptive therapy due to diverse roles in orchestrating immune responses. Originally developed cancer, agenT-797 is donor-unrestricted allogeneic ex vivo expanded iNKT therapy. We conducted an open-label study virally induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by the severe syndrome-2 virus (trial registration NCT04582201). Here we show that rescues exhausted cells and rapidly...
Abstract This article explored the notion that media depictions of health concerns come in one two formats: challenge and stigma. After explicating five features should appear format seven stigma formats, we analyzed content messages magazines, brochures, posters (n = 75) a metropolitan area. The results two-factor confirmatory factor model showed suggested for formats did, indeed, together (alpha .76), also, appeared .90), no residual relationship. In other words, suggest topics either or...
Efforts by universities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 include health campaigns intended encourage students wear masks. While well-intended, these efforts may produce counter-persuasion (e.g., decrease masking) if they are seen as threatening individuals' freedom choose. In a rolling cross-sectional study one university campaign (n = 681), we found that presence did instigate form resistance known reactance and was negatively associated with masking behavior. Masking also diminished...
Purpose: To explore public confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: A rural college town central Pennsylvania. Subjects: Adult residents without minor children. Measures: The primary outcome was vaccination intention. Secondary measures included attitudes, norms, efficacy, past behavior, trust the process, and sociodemographic variables of education, financial standing, political viewpoint, religiosity. Analysis: Descriptive statistics were used to describe...
Abstract This study investigated a model of entertainment education that combined drama theory (Kincaid, Citation2002) and social cognitive (Bandura, 1986) tested it in field government-sponsored health campaign Ethiopia. Specifically, we explored if the relationships between reported exposure to Journey Life radio intentions practice at least one behavior prevent HIV transmission (abstinence, monogamy, or condom use) were mediated by emotional involvement, character identification,...
Abstract Health threats may not occur in a vacuum; one need others' support to address given health condition. For example, Namibia, parents dying from AIDS-related illnesses leave their orphaned children of adoption. If people do feel threatened by HIV personally, social might motivate them action. We extend the extended parallel process model (CitationWitte, 1992) include 2 perceptions: (a) stigma and (b) collective efficacy. found that Namibian respondents (n = 400) who did personally...
Roughly one in four Americans will experience a mental health issue during his or her lifetime (National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016). The consequences disorders ...
At multiple times in human history people have asked if there are good stigmas. Is some useful function stigmas serve the context of our evolutionary history; is stigma adaptive? This article discusses as a group-selection strategy and which likely appeared. The next section explores how patterns changed modern society consequences for infectious disease (ID) age. concluding suggests that while social-living species may be particularly apt to create communicate ID enact ID-related...
Abstract Recent interest in the role of communication stigma creation, diffusion, and copying has inspired theorizing. This study presents first empirical test one model (Smith, 2007), with a hypothetical infectious disease alert. uses an experiment (N=333) to illustrate how changing several words monitoring four cognitive affective reactions personality trait becomes predictive almost half (R 2=.49) variance support for intervention policies, including removing isolating infected persons,...
Stigmas may regulate intergroup relationships; they also influence interpersonal actions. This study extends the previous test of model stigma communication (Smith, 2012) with a factorial experiment in which outcomes refer to hypothetical acquaintance. New affective reactions, sympathy and frustration, new personality trait, disgust sensitivity, were explored. In addition, perceived severity susceptibility infection included as alternative mechanisms explaining effects. The results (n = 318)...
ObjectiveGuidelines for the management of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) were published by British Society Gastroenterology (BSG) in 2018. In this study, we assessed adherence to these guidelines National Health Service (NHS) UK.DesignAll NHS acute trusts invited contribute data between 1st January 2021 and 31st March 2022, assessing clinical care delivered patients with PBC UK.ResultsWe obtained 8,968 identified substantial gaps across all guideline domains. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)...
Stigma interferes with all aspects of opioid use disorder (OUD) recovery. One way to reduce public stigma OUD is through exposure a type digital storytelling, in which the exposed outgroup storytellers sharing their experiences recovery short videos or narratives posted online. The past two decades have seen an explosion storytelling projects, but we still much understand about why stories reduces stigma. We drew upon theorizing narrative persuasion, mediated intergroup contact, and...