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  • The study examined how intersectional structural stigma affects health among various homeless populations in the southwest U.S., focusing on identities like age, gender, and economic status.
  • Researchers used grounded theory and thematic analysis on data from seven focus groups with 76 participants to uncover the complexities of stigma at interpersonal, organizational, and community levels.
  • Despite facing stigma, participants shared effective strategies for reducing it through community support, improved medical care, and encouraging better practices among service providers.

Article Abstract

This study explored the manifestations of intersectional structural stigma and stigma-reducing strategies in the context of health among a diverse group of persons experiencing homelessness in the southwest United States. Purposive sampling was used to recruit youth (ages 12-17), young adults (ages 18-24), adults (ages 25 years old or older), women with children, veterans, and males over 60 years old who self-identified as homeless. Grounded theory was applied, and thematic analysis was conducted using data collected from seven focus groups ( = 76 participants). A model of intersectional stigma was adapted from the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework. This adaptation depicts pathways for addressing intersectional stigmatization experienced by individuals with multiple intersecting identities across the interpersonal, organization, and community levels not explicitly addressed in the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework. At the interpersonal level, participants indicated they experienced stigmatizing behaviors and practices by service providers due primarily to their identities related to economic or unhoused statuses, gender, age, and mental health. Facilitators of intersectional stigma were identified through organization practices and processes. Multiple stigmatized identities due to social beliefs also facilitated stigmatization at the community level. Health outcomes influenced by stigmatization were also identified. Despite the stigmatization they experienced, participants discussed stigma-reducing strategies related to community assets, medical care, and destigmatizing practices by service providers.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323241239209DOI Listing

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