Tuberculosis related stigma

Year 2021, Early Pub Special Issue: 4, 1 - 6, 30.05.2021

Pinar Ay Seyhan Hıdıroglu

https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.854373

Abstract

While tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, it still remains to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the
world. Research reveals that stigma impacts tuberculosis control negatively through delaying diagnosis and impairing treatment
compliance. It also causes enormous suffering since, it results with isolation of patients and their families from social life. In this
review; the magnitude, origins, correlates and consequences of tuberculosis related stigma are discussed and some examples of public
health interventions to combat stigma are presented.

Keywords

Tuberculosis, Stigma, Public Health implications

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