Stigma and global Health: Developing a Research Agenda - An International Conference
September 5 - 7, 2001 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. Bethesda Marriott 5151 Pooks Hill Road
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Background Papers

The following Background Papers were presented by their authors during the Conference. 

History of Stigma - Stigma, Contagion, Defect: Issues in the Anthropology of Public Health (click title to view paper)

Abstract (click here to view the abstract of this paper)

Author: Veena Das, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (click here to view a short biography of this author)

 

Stigma, Race, and Disease in 20th Century America - An Historical Overview (click here to view paper)

Stigma, Race, and Disease in 20th Century America (click here to view the abstract of this paper)

Author: Keith Wailoo, Ph.D., Rutgers University (click here to view a short biography of this author)

 

The Study of Potentially Stigmatizing Conditions: 
an Epidemiologic Perspective
(click title to view this paper)

Author:
Arthur Reingold, M.D., University of California at Berkeley (click here to view a short biography of this author)

 

On Stigma and its Public Health Implications (click title to view this paper)

Abstract (click here to view the abstract of this paper)

Author:
Bruce Link, Ph.D., Columbia University (click here to view a short biography of this author)

 

Stigma Interventions and Research for International Health (click title to view this paper)

Abstract (click here to view the abstract of this paper)

Author: Mitchell Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland

 

 

If you have any questions about the Conference, please contact:

Kathleen Michels, Ph.D.
Program Director
Fogarty International Center (www.nih.gov/fic)
National Institutes of Health
E-mail: stigmaconference@nih.gov
Telephone: 301-496-1653
Fax: 301-402-0779

 

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