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Jo C. Phelan
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 100
Citations - 28112
Jo C. Phelan is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental illness & Stigma (botany). The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 96 publications receiving 25210 citations. Previous affiliations of Jo C. Phelan include University of York.
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Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease
Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that social factors such as socioeconomic status and social support are likely 'fundamental causes" of disease that affect multiple disease outcomes through multiple mechanisms, and consequently maintain an association with disease even when intervening mechanisms change.
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Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications
TL;DR: The theory of fundamental causes of the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality has persisted despite radical changes in the diseases and risk factors that are presumed to explain it is explained.
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Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance.
TL;DR: While there is reason for optimism in the public's recognition of mental illness and causal attributions, a strong stereotype of dangerousness and desire for social distance persist and are likely to negatively affect people with mental illness.
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Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequalities.
TL;DR: This work provides illustrative evidence on the health consequences of stigma and presents a conceptual framework describing the psychological and structural pathways through which stigma influences health.
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Stigma and its public health implications.
Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan +1 more
TL;DR: In this conceptualisation stigma is the result of a process in which a series of five interrelated components combine to generate stigma.