Section Section Description Page Number
Part 1 Background
1 Stigma and Its Implications for Health: Introduction and Overview Brenda Major and John F. Dovidio and Bruce G. Link and Sarah K. Calabrese p. 3
2 Physical Health Disparities and Stigma: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Body Weight John F. Dovidio and Louis A. Penner and Sarah K. Calabrese and Rebecca L. Pearl p. 29
3 Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Health Inequality Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler p. 53
4 Power, Status, and Stigma: Their Implications for Health Jeffrey W. Lucas and Hsiang-Yuan Ho and Kristin Kerns p. 69
5 Stigma, Social Identity Threat, and Health Brenda Major and Toni Schmader p. 85
6 Structural Stigma and Health Mark L. Hatzenbuehler p. 105
Part 2 Pathways from Stigma to Health
7 Discriminating Ecologies: A Life History Approach to Stigma and Health Steven L. Neuberg and Andreana C. Kenrick p. 125
8 Segregation, Stigma, and Stratification: A Biosocial Model Douglas S. Massey and Brandon Wagner p. 147
9 Racial Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health Naomi Priest and David R. Williams p. 163
10 Patient Stigma, Medical Interactions, and Health Care Disparities: A Selective Review Louis A. Penner and Sean M. Phelan and Valerie Earnshaw and Terrance L. Albrecht and John F. Dovidio p. 183
11 Interpersonal Discrimination and Physical Health Laura S. Richman and Elizabeth Pascoe and Micah Lattanner p. 203
12 Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Discrimination to Health: A Focus on Social Cognition Elizabeth Brondolo and Irene V. Blair and Amandeep Kaur p. 219
13 Neural and Cardiovascular Pathways from Stigma to Suboptimal Health Belle Derks and Daan Scheepers p. 241
4 Affective Reactions as Mediators of the Relationship Between Stigma and Health Wendy Berry Mendes and Keely A. Muscatell p. 265
Part 3 Moderators of the Stigma-Health Relationship
15 When Stigma Is Concealable: The Costs and Benefits for Health Diane M. Quinn p. 287
16 Social Identity, Stigma, and Health Jolanda Jetten and S. Alexander Haslam and Tegan Cruwys and Nyla R. Branscombe p. 301
17 Social Stigma and Health: An Identity-Based Motivation Perspective Daphna Oyserman and Oliver Fisher p. 317
18 Parenting as a Buffer That Deters Discrimination and Race-Related Stressors from "Getting Under the Skin": Theories, Findings, and Future Directions Allen W. Barton and Gene H. Brody p. 335
19 Perceived Racial Discrimination and Health Behavior: Mediation and Moderation Frederick X. Gibbons and Michelle L. Stock p. 355
20 Stigma, Health, and Individual Differences Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton and Jordan B. Leitner p. 379
Part 4 Anti-Stigma Interventions
21 Getting Underneath the Power of "Contact": Revisiting the Fundamental Lever of Stigma as a Social Network Phenomenon Bernice A. Pescosolido and Bianca Manago p. 397
22 Reducing Physical Illness Stigma: Insights from the Mental Illness Arena Patrick W. Corrigan and Andrea B. Bink and Annie Schmidt p. 413
23 Public Health with a Punch: Fear, Stigma, and Hard-Hitting Media Campaigns Amy L. Fairchild and Ronald Bayer p. 429
24 Public Health and Social Justice: An Argument Against Stigma as a Tool of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Erika Blacksher p. 439
Part 5 Bidirectional Processes in Stigma and Health
25 Stigma and the "Social Epidemic" of HIV: Understanding Bidirectional Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience Stephenie R. Chaudoir and Jeffrey D. Fisher p. 457
26 Sexual Minority Stigma and Health John E. Pachankis and David J. Lick p. 477
27 The Negative and Bidirectional Effects of Weight Stigma on Health Brenda Major and A. Janet Tomiyama and Jeffrey M. Hunger p. 499
28 Mental and Physical Health Consequences of the Stigma Associated with Mental Illnesses Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan and Greer Sullivan p. 521
Index p. 541
