Stigmatization of alcohol and other drug users by primary care providers in Southeast Brazil
| Autor: | Telmo Mota Ronzani, John C Higgins-Biddle, Erikson Felipe Furtado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Marijuana Abuse medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Social stigma Attitude of Health Personnel Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject education Stigma (botany) Morals Statistics Nonparametric Drug Users Cocaine-Related Disorders History and Philosophy of Science Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Surveys and Questionnaires Tobacco Health care Humans Medicine Community Health Services Psychiatry media_common Stereotyping Chi-Square Distribution Primary Health Care business.industry Addiction Public health Professional-Patient Relations medicine.disease Mental health humanities Substance abuse Alcoholism Female business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Social Science & Medicine. 69:1080-1084 |
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 |
| Popis: | This study reports on the views of Primary Health Care (PHC) providers in Southeast Brazil on the use of alcohol and other drugs which reflect stigma, moralization, or negative judgment. Six hundred nine PHC professionals from the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais took part in the study. The majority (86.5%) of these professionals were female. Attitudes toward the use of alcohol and other drugs were evaluated in comparison to Hansen's disease, obesity, depression, schizophrenia, HIV/AIDS, and tobacco use. The use of tobacco, marijuana/cocaine, and alcohol were the most negatively judged behaviors (p < 0.05). Nursing assistants and community health care workers demonstrated the severest judgment of alcohol use. In addition, marijuana/cocaine addicts and alcoholics suffered the highest rate of rejection by professionals. The hypothesis that the use of alcohol and other drugs is a behavior stigmatized by health professionals being confirmed, it is important to develop strategies for changing provider attitudes in order to provide a higher quality of service to these patients. This study is important as a first study among PHC professionals about social stigma of alcohol and other drugs users. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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