BMC Med February 2019 PMID 30764826

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas.

Anne L Stangl, Valerie A Earnshaw, Carmen H Logie, Wim van Brakel, Leickness C Simbayi, Iman Barré, John F Dovidio

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Peak: 17 in Feb 2019
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Feb 2019 – Jun 2025

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What people are saying

The collection reflects a strong consensus on the framework’s value in addressing health-related stigma across multiple conditions like HIV, mental health, and infectious diseases, with discussions emphasizing its crosscutting and theoretical strengths. Words such as 'useful,' 'important,' and phrases like 'informs future research and policy' reveal enthusiasm and recognition of its potential impact.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions clearly endorse the framework's importance for shaping future research, interventions, and policies, highlighting its utility and relevance.

InterestHigh interest

The frequency of references, citations, and remarks about the framework's usefulness demonstrate high engagement and curiosity among users.

EngagementHigh engagement

Posts include explicit mentions of how the framework aids understanding stigmas across various health issues, encouraging further discussion and application.

ImpactHigh impact

The widespread sharing, citations in academic contexts, and calls for implementation suggest the framework's significant potential influence on health research and policy.

Abstract in brief

  • The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework is a comprehensive tool designed to guide research, interventions, and policies aimed at reducing health-related stigma, which hinders people from seeking care and adhering to treatment.
  • Unlike previous models that focus on single health conditions and individual psychological factors, this framework is crosscutting, considering multiple health issues (like HIV, cancer, obesity) and how other social stigmas (race, gender, sexuality) intersect with health-related stigma.
  • Using this unified approach will help researchers and policymakers better understand commonalities and differences in stigma processes across diseases, improving strategies to combat stigma and improve health outcomes globally.

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Dr. Carlos Arnaud
@carlos_arnaud · X

En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #ESTIGMA y #Discriminación ocurre en Salud Mental #Esquizofrenia #TrastornoBipolar #Depresión Esto es por ignorancia y prejuicios https://t.co/9lcuXhwd86

Jul 25, 2022 · 33 likes · 9 shares · 21,266 followers View post →
BMC Medicine
@BMCMedicine · X

Read one of our most cited articles of 2019, The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas #openaccess

Mar 31, 2020 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 9,196 followers View post →
Academy for Eating Disorders
@aedweb · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/ygEmhP1sj9 #openaccess

Feb 23, 2019 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 12,783 followers View post →
carmen logie
@carmenlogie · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/SivDjdKYeo

Feb 15, 2019 · 7 likes · 4 shares · 2,602 followers View post →
raj_psyc
@raj_psyc · X

Health #Stigma & #Discrimination Framework incorporating an #intersectional approach Hopefully will inform future research, interventions, & policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/aennx5LXvl

Feb 24, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 12,608 followers View post →
Hope Gerlach-Houck, PhD, CCC-SLP
@Hope_G_H · X

I found the cross-cutting Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework (HSDF) to be particularly useful in thinking about how stigmatization occurs across various marginalized communication identities. You can read about it here. https://t.co/PSdQK0iKlK

Jun 2, 2021 · 5 likes · 515 followers View post →

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Chris Ricard
@onaccel · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/LqeERA3qau

Jun 7, 2025 · 1,167 followers View post →
Juliiiethaa♥️♥️♥️
@Juliiietha57624 · X

@KokoLate89 @TailonVLLC @cardugarte @Trumperizar Si leyeras lo que cité, verías que los estudios hablan sobre eso, y hay mucha evidencia que coincide con lo que te digo. Datos, no relatos. Te dejo algunos más, por si acaso: https://t.co/liaKkRDwil https://t.co/x7NuJy9HXO https://t.co/hz9gwOyc5F https://t.co/IWLi73vn7V

Jan 2, 2025 · 225 followers View post →
Cameron Brodie
@CameronBro86170 · X

@BertDalziel I really don't know why folks thinks he's such hot stuff, as his analysis is so far off the mark it's laughable. https://t.co/xmwimZFrkz

Aug 14, 2023 · 436 followers View post →
Jim Bloom
@jimmyroybloom · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas | BMC Medicine | Full Text https://t.co/wwpdaLFJzI

Jul 10, 2023 · 2,441 followers View post →
Newcastle SAB
@newcastle_sab · X

James is highlighting the Health and Social Impacts of #Stigma using the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework https://t.co/n0NMWh8pCK https://t.co/DPET1dHbYy

May 18, 2023 · 1 like · 354 followers View post →
hasbee, Fifa sanctions payer ♿
@hasbeemasputra · X

"In order to halt the stigmatization process and mitigate the harmful consequences of health-related stigma... it is critical to have an explicit theoretical framework to guide intervention development, measurement, research, and policy." https://t.co/eqoEHH7mkQ

Jan 20, 2023 · 6,004 followers View post →
mae
@adokenaiii · X

@EasonDavid_88 @EmilyPierce01 @Lync713 https://t.co/oneNPUbyFq https://t.co/mwRSi8OhgW https://t.co/tUn5Il5fPS https://t.co/L6P0egRsnf https://t.co/bLY2Ca6s1k https://t.co/B8dUBVthyr https://t.co/EnBRAWyUWH

Jan 5, 2023 · 1,314 followers View post →
Ness Muñoz
@MunozNess · X

RT @carlos_arnaud: En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #EST…

Aug 14, 2022 · 9 shares · 13 followers View post →
Motopapi
@undiperas · X

RT @carlos_arnaud: En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #EST…

Jul 26, 2022 · 9 shares · 25 followers View post →
Mariana Alva
@merialvah · X

RT @carlos_arnaud: En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #EST…

Jul 26, 2022 · 9 shares · 177 followers View post →
Josué Díaz
@encjosuediaz · X

RT @carlos_arnaud: En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #EST…

Jul 26, 2022 · 9 shares · 926 followers View post →
Doctora Extraña
@DraExtrana · X

RT @carlos_arnaud: En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #EST…

Jul 26, 2022 · 9 shares · 4,002 followers View post →
Sebas Barrionuevo
@sebasbarrio · X

https://t.co/SPbo7PwViE

Jul 25, 2022 · 116 followers View post →
La Dra. Ilse
@ilseirene · X

RT @carlos_arnaud: En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #EST…

Jul 25, 2022 · 9 shares · 27,414 followers View post →
Dr. Carlos Arnaud
@carlos_arnaud · X

En medicina existe #Estigma hacia algunas enfermedades: #VIH #Lepra #Obesidad #Tuberculosis Sin duda el mayor #ESTIGMA y #Discriminación ocurre en Salud Mental #Esquizofrenia #TrastornoBipolar #Depresión Esto es por ignorancia y prejuicios https://t.co/9lcuXhwd86

Jul 25, 2022 · 33 likes · 9 shares · 21,266 followers View post →
Devalina Mookerjee
@GhostsofBengal · X

This piece suggests that it may be important to study #health related #stigma as a. a #comparative and b. as a #cultural outcome, so a kind of collective. Certainly need to look at it from that #pov in #India where #context is all https://t.co/crQEXgm49z

Jul 2, 2021 · 3 likes · 500 followers View post →
Hope Gerlach-Houck, PhD, CCC-SLP
@Hope_G_H · X

I found the cross-cutting Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework (HSDF) to be particularly useful in thinking about how stigmatization occurs across various marginalized communication identities. You can read about it here. https://t.co/PSdQK0iKlK

Jun 2, 2021 · 5 likes · 515 followers View post →
Rachel Swarns
@rachelswarns · X

RT @Duffmegs: Guilt, they cautioned, if untreated, "can result in epidemics of sexually transmitted disease." Not wrong, still true. Guilt…

Apr 22, 2021 · 1 share · 14,185 followers View post →
Meg Duff
@Duffmegs · X

Guilt, they cautioned, if untreated, "can result in epidemics of sexually transmitted disease." Not wrong, still true. Guilt writ large, as social stigma, has a big impact on access to health: https://t.co/39F97RP3EY

Apr 22, 2021 · 3 likes · 1 share · 305 followers View post →
Blue
@Blucifer1313 · X

More on stigmatized groups, discrimination and medical gaslighting https://t.co/gPbRdr5nuC

Nov 21, 2020 · 27 followers View post →
Eva
@evangelia0 · X

Oct 14, 2020 · 996 followers View post →
أبحاث و معرفة
@R_and_knowledge · X

RT @MashaelDewan: وصمة العار المرتبطة بالمرض شيء شائع للأسف. بداية من محرقة النازيين للمعاقين و وصولا لعصرنا من تحقير وتنمر ضد ناس كل ذنبها…

Apr 21, 2020 · 1 share · 633 followers View post →
Dr. Mashael Dewan
@MashaelDewan · X

وصمة العار المرتبطة بالمرض شيء شائع للأسف. بداية من محرقة النازيين للمعاقين و وصولا لعصرنا من تحقير وتنمر ضد ناس كل ذنبها انهم مرضى (الصرع، الإيدز، المرض النفسي، السمنة وبعض أنواع السرطان وغيره) https://t.co/MOlIHZHwIF https://t.co/ScmI8pYAz8

Apr 21, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,096 followers View post →
Eric Herring ericherring.bsky.social
@eric_herring · X

RT @BMCMedicine: Read one of our most cited articles of 2019, The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framew…

Apr 19, 2020 · 2 shares · 3,582 followers View post →
Carlos garnil diaz
@garnil_diaz · X

RT @BMCMedicine: Read one of our most cited articles of 2019, The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framew…

Apr 6, 2020 · 2 shares · 67 followers View post →
BMC Medicine
@BMCMedicine · X

Read one of our most cited articles of 2019, The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas #openaccess

Mar 31, 2020 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 9,196 followers View post →
Gurjit K. Toor, RN, MPH
@GurjitKToor · X

RT @AccessAlliance: Just like what we're experiencing with #COVID19, #Stigma harms our effort in ending infectious diseases. “It’s not jus…

Mar 24, 2020 · 3 shares · 404 followers View post →
Alliance for Healthier Communities
@AllianceON · X

RT @AccessAlliance: Just like what we're experiencing with #COVID19, #Stigma harms our effort in ending infectious diseases. “It’s not jus…

Mar 24, 2020 · 3 shares · 10,203 followers View post →
Access Alliance MHCS
@AccessAlliance · X

Just like what we're experiencing with #COVID19, #Stigma harms our effort in ending infectious diseases. “It’s not just about the TB” #TBStigma #ENDTB Read https://t.co/pYiL3ubIqA for #HealthStigma #HealthWithDignity @CPHO_Canada @PHAC_GC @TOPublicHealth @WHO @StopTBCanada https://t.co/o8TlqaQvDj

Mar 24, 2020 · 4 likes · 3 shares · 4,932 followers View post →
PF Anderson @pfanderson@disabled.social
@pfanderson · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/3ta835sgLt

Jan 10, 2020 · 10,792 followers View post →
Catherine Gamble FRCN Mental Health/General Nurse
@minifeet2 · X

RT @Mental_Elf: @edilma_yearwood @ISPNConnect @acgrundy @LACareHealth @MHNRconf @AmJPsychiatry Hello @AnneStangl I'm live tweeting at #MHNR…

Sep 13, 2019 · 4 shares · 3,994 followers View post →
Kim Foster
@FostKim · X

RT @Mental_Elf: @edilma_yearwood @ISPNConnect @acgrundy @LACareHealth @MHNRconf @AmJPsychiatry Hello @AnneStangl I'm live tweeting at #MHNR…

Sep 13, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,363 followers View post →
Time4Recovery
@Time4Recovery · X

RT @Mental_Elf: @edilma_yearwood @ISPNConnect @acgrundy @LACareHealth @MHNRconf @AmJPsychiatry Hello @AnneStangl I'm live tweeting at #MHNR…

Sep 13, 2019 · 4 shares · 20,461 followers View post →
MHNR conference
@MHNRconf · X

RT @Mental_Elf: @edilma_yearwood @ISPNConnect @acgrundy @LACareHealth @MHNRconf @AmJPsychiatry Hello @AnneStangl I'm live tweeting at #MHNR…

Sep 13, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,860 followers View post →
The Mental Elf
@Mental_Elf · X

@edilma_yearwood @ISPNConnect @acgrundy @LACareHealth @MHNRconf @AmJPsychiatry Hello @AnneStangl I'm live tweeting at #MHNR2019 and @edilma_yearwood is citing your "wonderful" Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework https://t.co/2BDLE4zggN https://t.co/Fl0NCUpoyQ

Sep 13, 2019 · 3 likes · 4 shares · 99,511 followers View post →
Nicola Grignoli
@NGrignoli · X

RT @raj_psyc: Health #Stigma & #Discrimination Framework incorporating an #intersectional approach Hopefully will inform future research, i…

Feb 24, 2019 · 1 share · 530 followers View post →
raj_psyc
@raj_psyc · X

Health #Stigma & #Discrimination Framework incorporating an #intersectional approach Hopefully will inform future research, interventions, & policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/aennx5LXvl

Feb 24, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 12,608 followers View post →
K.L. Montgomery
@KLMontgomery8 · X

RT @aedweb: The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development,…

Feb 23, 2019 · 2 shares · 735 followers View post →
Fen
@organiclemon · X

RT @aedweb: The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development,…

Feb 23, 2019 · 2 shares · 2,467 followers View post →
Academy for Eating Disorders
@aedweb · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/ygEmhP1sj9 #openaccess

Feb 23, 2019 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 12,783 followers View post →
carmen logie
@carmenlogie · X

RT @BMCMedicine: New correspondence article: The Health #Stigma and #Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform r…

Feb 19, 2019 · 4 shares · 2,602 followers View post →
KIMURA Masato
@massa_kim · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform... - https://t.co/F4DplUer6X #ScholarAlerts

Feb 19, 2019 · 579 followers View post →
Infolep
@Infolep · X

Interesting read: The Health #Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas. Stangl AL, Earnshaw VA, Logie CH, et al. BMC Med. 2019 Feb 15;17(1):31. https://t.co/BzhDd6sOwn

Feb 18, 2019 · 1,652 followers View post →
Infolep
@Infolep · X

The Health #Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas. Stangl AL, Earnshaw VA, Logie CH, et... https://t.co/BzhDd6sOwn

Feb 18, 2019 · 1,652 followers View post →
Wangari Tharao
@Wangari_Tharao · X

RT @carmenlogie: The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention developm…

Feb 16, 2019 · 4 shares · 426 followers View post →
International Center for Research on Women
@ICRW · X

RT @BMCMedicine: New correspondence article: The Health #Stigma and #Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform r…

Feb 15, 2019 · 4 shares · 48,145 followers View post →
Carnita Ernest
@CarnitaErnest · X

RT @BMCMedicine: New correspondence article: The Health #Stigma and #Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform r…

Feb 15, 2019 · 4 shares · 392 followers View post →
BMC Medicine
@BMCMedicine · X

New correspondence article: The Health #Stigma and #Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and #policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/Uy3RPEJm14 @carmenlogie @ICRW @HSRCza https://t.co/SNEgYXthsl

Feb 15, 2019 · 4 likes · 4 shares · 9,196 followers View post →
Dr Marija Pantelic
@PantelichMarija · X

RT @carmenlogie: The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention developm…

Feb 15, 2019 · 4 shares · 2,808 followers View post →
AJ Rich
@thatajrich · X

RT @carmenlogie: The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention developm…

Feb 15, 2019 · 4 shares · 375 followers View post →
★ Natatxa ★
@joyspiral · X

RT @carmenlogie: The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention developm…

Feb 15, 2019 · 4 shares · 654 followers View post →
carmen logie
@carmenlogie · X

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas https://t.co/SivDjdKYeo

Feb 15, 2019 · 7 likes · 4 shares · 2,602 followers View post →