The stigmatisation of the provision of services for alcohol and other drug users: A systematic literature review
| Autor: | Greg E. Dear, Jeneva L. Ohan, Kim Eaton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 22:19-25 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3370 0968-7637 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/09687637.2014.977230 |
| Popis: | Alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers are often stigmatised. This article describes a systematic review of the existing literature that addresses three aims: (1) identify how stigma occurs for people working in the AOD field, (2) identify what the impacts of stigma are on AOD workers and AOD service provision more broadly and (3) identify what extent stigma occurs for AOD workers. The review involved a multi-phase database, journal and website search, with additional hand searching of relevant referenced articles. Seven studies were found, pertaining to stigma and working in the AOD sector. Findings indicate that AOD workers experience stigma and this impedes occupational functioning. Stigma is not clearly conceptualised in these studies. It is unclear if researchers used the same construct of stigma as in the broader psychological research on stigma. It is also unclear as to what conceptualisation of stigma research participants in these studies held (e.g. stigma of self, workplace, client or job ... |
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