Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns

In the fight against tuberculosis one major obstacle is the social stigma associated with the disease. Stigma, which is both relational and contextual, marks the body of the tubercular as a site of danger. This essay reflects on the social history of tuberculosis and proposes that stigma’s contingen...

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Main Author:	Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2009
Subjects:	tuberculosis social stigma history DOTS public health campaigns Medicine and Health
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/29 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=history-faculty-pubs
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10282020-06-15T08:20:51Z Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr In the fight against tuberculosis one major obstacle is the social stigma associated with the disease. Stigma, which is both relational and contextual, marks the body of the tubercular as a site of danger. This essay reflects on the social history of tuberculosis and proposes that stigma’s contingent history in the Philippines can be traced to public health campaigns carried out during the twentieth century, which sought to segregate and isolate the tubercular to limit contagion but could not provide an effective cure. The stigmatization of tuberculosis persists at present, and public health campaigns may need to address stigma directly. 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/29 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=history-faculty-pubs History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo tuberculosis social stigma history DOTS public health campaigns Medicine and Health
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spellingShingle	tuberculosis social stigma history DOTS public health campaigns Medicine and Health Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns
description	In the fight against tuberculosis one major obstacle is the social stigma associated with the disease. Stigma, which is both relational and contextual, marks the body of the tubercular as a site of danger. This essay reflects on the social history of tuberculosis and proposes that stigma’s contingent history in the Philippines can be traced to public health campaigns carried out during the twentieth century, which sought to segregate and isolate the tubercular to limit contagion but could not provide an effective cure. The stigmatization of tuberculosis persists at present, and public health campaigns may need to address stigma directly.
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author	Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
author_facet	Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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title	Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns
title_short	Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns
title_full	Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns
title_fullStr	Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns
title_full_unstemmed	Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns
title_sort	targeting tuberculars: social stigma and public health campaigns
publisher	Archīum Ateneo
publishDate	2009
url	https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/29 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=history-faculty-pubs
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Targeting Tuberculars: Social Stigma and Public Health Campaigns

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