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Over half of new HIV diagnoses in the US are in the South. Black men who have sex with men are hit the hardest; for them, preventing HIV is a matter of trust, identity, family and faith.
The Health To Go machines in Pennsylvania are in a YMCA in Reading and outside an emergency department in Harrisburg.
People with cancer are vulnerable to verbal microaggressions. Learn what they look like and how to reduce their impact here.
Kenya’s institutions, communities and leaders need to make the new law work for those it was designed to serve.
People on the autism spectrum are often overlooked in hiring because of how they come across in interviews. But with the right understanding and fixes to the process, employers can make smarter choices.
Obesity is a critical public health concern affecting millions worldwide. Yet, it is often oversimplified as an issue of lifestyle choices.
What behavioural science tells us about the likely success, or not, of health-related publicity stunts.
Pregnant Kenyan teens aren’t getting support before or after pregnancy – setting them up for a life of hardship.
Many adults with hearing loss hide their hearing difficulties due to stigma. But there are some simple ways we can all support family and friends with hearing loss this Christmas.
The threat of legal sanctions or imprisonment for a suicide survivor can have serious negative repercussions.
Policymakers and health researchers are increasingly recognising the harms of stigmatising language and attitudes towards larger-bodied people.
Indigenous Australians living in areas with stronger opposition to the Voice have poorer health and are less likely to access health care.
Our new study is a reminder of how stigma and the stress that comes with it can have long-term consequences for people’s health.
Publishing the faces and names of people accused of violence isn’t the best way of getting them to change their behaviour.
HIV prevention and treatment have made great strides, but barriers created by stigma, laws and logistics remain.
The ‘skivers against strivers’ view of welfare keeps people in poverty feeling ashamed and isolated.
A recent study found only around half of people disclosed or felt they should disclose an STI to a partner before having sex.
People with long COVID have already fought hard to become visible.
Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor Christ’s martyrdom.
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Associate professor, Psychiatry, Western University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia; University of Victoria
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Foundation Director, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Deakin University
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Health Systems Researcher, Makerere University
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Post-doctoral research fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, UNSW