Doctoral Dissertation Research: Stigma, Civil Society, and Well Being

博士论文研究：耻辱、公民社会和福祉

• 批准号: 1728061
• 负责人: Marcia Inhorn
• 金额: $ 2.47万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1728061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Stigma; Civil

Burgeoning scholarship in a variety of international settings suggests causal connections between social stigma and decreased personal wellbeing. This decrease appears especially prominent in resource-poor settings where those of lower socioeconomic status are at greater risk. These detrimental consequences often affect not only individuals but also the wider communities in which they live. Recently, studies have begun to examine links between public activism and individual wellbeing, finding in some cases that participating in such engagement can have a positive effect on wellbeing. It is therefore important to study such civil society engagement through its specific links to social stigma. Does engagement with public activism to fight social stigma increase individual wellbeing? The research will be carried out by Yale University anthropology doctoral student Elizabeth Berk, with guidance from Dr. Marcia C. Inhorn. The research will be conducted in Lebanon, a middle-income country with unreliable infrastructure. Unlike other countries in the region, Lebanon has had an active civil society sector for many decades, making it an ideal site from which to study stigma, activism, and wellbeing. For this project, she will be looking at the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. She will employ a variety of qualitative research methods, including semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and textual analysis of a range of media documents, organizational information, and other materials. She will work with civil society organizations, and public and private service providers, such as hospitals and public health organizations, focusing on paid and volunteer individual service providers, those receiving services, and those outlining policy for such services. The researcher will evaluate whether involvement with these groups increases individual wellbeing, or if perhaps other factors, such as improvement in socioeconomic status or family support, play bigger roles in augmenting wellbeing. Findings from this research will provide urgently needed insights into the factors that structure stigma, what efforts have been successful in overcoming this stigma and improving individual wellbeing, and what methods might require rethinking.

在各种国际环境中蓬勃发展的学术研究表明，社会耻辱和个人幸福感下降之间存在因果关系。这种减少在资源贫乏的环境中显得特别突出，因为社会经济地位较低的人面临的风险更大。这些有害后果往往不仅影响到个人，而且影响到他们所生活的更广泛的社区。最近，研究开始研究公共行动主义与个人福祉之间的联系，发现在某些情况下，参与这种参与可以对福祉产生积极影响。因此，必须通过民间社会与社会成见的具体联系来研究民间社会的这种参与。参与公共行动以对抗社会污名是否会增加个人福祉？ 这项研究将由耶鲁大学人类学博士生伊丽莎白·伯克在马西娅·C。因霍恩这项研究将在黎巴嫩进行，这是一个基础设施不可靠的中等收入国家。与该地区的其他国家不同，黎巴嫩几十年来一直有一个活跃的公民社会部门，使其成为研究耻辱、行动主义和福祉的理想场所。在这个项目中，她将研究与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的耻辱。她将采用各种定性研究方法，包括半结构化访谈，参与者观察，以及对一系列媒体文件，组织信息和其他材料的文本分析。她将与民间社会组织以及医院和公共卫生组织等公共和私营服务提供者合作，重点关注有偿和志愿个人服务提供者、接受服务的人以及制定此类服务政策的人。研究人员将评估参与这些群体是否会增加个人的幸福感，或者其他因素，如社会经济地位或家庭支持的改善，是否会在增加幸福感方面发挥更大的作用。这项研究的结果将提供迫切需要的见解结构的耻辱，什么努力已经成功地克服这种耻辱和改善个人福祉的因素，以及什么方法可能需要重新思考。