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Melissa Stockton
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 45
Citations - 972
Melissa Stockton is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stigma (botany) & Population. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 35 publications receiving 473 citations. Previous affiliations of Melissa Stockton include University of York & RTI International.
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Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it
Laura Nyblade,Melissa Stockton,Kayla Giger,Virginia Bond,Maria L. Ekstrand,Maria L. Ekstrand,Roger Mc Lean,Ellen M. H. Mitchell,LaRon E. Nelson,LaRon E. Nelson,Jaime Sapag,Jaime Sapag,Jaime Sapag,Taweesap Siraprapasiri,Janet M. Turan,Edwin Wouters,Edwin Wouters +16 more
TL;DR: How developments over the past 5 years have contributed to the state of programmatic knowledge—both approaches and methods—regarding interventions to reduce stigma in health facilities is assessed, and the potential to concurrently address multiple health condition stigmas is explored.
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A qualitative exploration of cervical and breast cancer stigma in Karnataka, India
TL;DR: The presence in these communities of cancer stigma and its many forms emerged across both the cervical and breast cancer data sets, with stigma a feared outcome of a cancer diagnosis and described as a barrier to screening, early diagnosis and treatment seeking for women with symptoms.
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Out of the silos: identifying cross-cutting features of health-related stigma to advance measurement and intervention
Wim H. van Brakel,Janine K. Cataldo,Sandeep Grover,Brandon A. Kohrt,Laura Nyblade,Melissa Stockton,Edwin Wouters,Edwin Wouters,Lawrence H. Yang,Lawrence H. Yang +9 more
TL;DR: A more generic approach to the study of health-related stigma opens up important practical opportunities – cross-cutting measurement and intervention tools are resource saving and easier to use for personnel working with multiple conditions, allow for comparison between conditions, and recognize the intersectionality of many types of stigma.
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The relationship between health worker stigma and uptake of HIV counseling and testing and utilization of non-HIV health services: the experience of male and female sex workers in Kenya
Laura Nyblade,Aditi Reddy,David Mbote,John D. Kraemer,Melissa Stockton,Caroline Kemunto,Karol Krotki,Javier Morla,Stella Njuguna,Arin Dutta,Catherine Barker +10 more
TL;DR: Levels of sex-work stigma from healthcare workers (HCW) among male and female sex workers in Kenya are presented and the relationship between sex- work stigma and HIV counseling and testing is explored, as well as its undermining of the human right to health.
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Stigma reduction: an essential ingredient to ending AIDS by 2030
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify three key principles for HIV stigma reduction: immediately addressing actionable drivers of stigma, centring groups affected by stigma, engaging opinion leaders and building partnerships between affected groups and opinion leaders.