• Login
    View Item 
    •   UBIR Home
    • Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
    • 2019-02-01 UB Theses and Dissertations (public)
    • View Item
    •   UBIR Home
    • Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
    • 2019-02-01 UB Theses and Dissertations (public)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Living with "TB of the Bones": Health-Related Stigma in a HIV Prevalence Area Before and After Public Health Intervention

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Iverson_buffalo_0656A_16264.pdf (3.976Mb)
    Date
    2019
    Author
    Iverson, Lara
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Tuberculosis has been called “a social disease with a medical aspect,” yet the impact of behavioral change in combating its spread has not been fully explored (Fanning 2008). It is estimated that one-third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB), an opportunistic infection that has become more widespread in countries that also carry a heavy HIV burden. This includes sub-Saharan countries, such as Zambia, which has one of the highest TB and HIV incidence rates in Africa. The combined presence of HIV and TB has a deleterious effect on the physical, social, and economic well-being of a population. Despite widespread medical interventions that exist to mitigate transmission of these diseases, sociocultural barriers caused by stigmatizing these diseases has prevented their diagnosis and treatment in low-resource settings. Based on fieldwork conducted in Lusaka, Zambia, this dissertation research provided the unique opportunity to examine the impact of a suite of intervention strategies pre- and post-intervention in two communities to determine the long-term efficacy of public health promotion targeting stigma. These intervention strategies and their effect on misconceptions of stigmatized diseases are explored in this research using a mixed methods approach combining spatial analysis, statistical modeling, and ethnographic data. This dissertation research highlights the need for on-going, multifaceted health promotion activities to combat stigmatized diseases in low-resource settings.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10477/79328
    Collections
    • 2019-02-01 UB Theses and Dissertations (public)

    To add content to the repository or for technical support: Contact Us
     

     

    Browse

    All of UBIRCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypesThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypes

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    To add content to the repository or for technical support: Contact Us