Health inequality implications from a qualitative study of experiences of poverty stigma in Scotland

Greig Inglis, Fiona McHardy, Edward Sosu, John McAteer and Hannah Biggs

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 232, issue C, 43-49

Abstract: Individuals living in Scotland's most deprived communities experience a higher burden of morbidity and early mortality than those living in more affluent areas. Experiences of poverty-based stigma may be one psychosocial mechanism through which socioeconomic position influences health, although there is little available data on this issue from a Scottish perspective.

Keywords: Scotland; stigma; Health inequalities; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.033

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