A Mixed-Methods Study: Sex Differences in Experiences of Stigma Associated With Alcoholism and Alcohol Use Disorders Among Injury Patients in Tanzania.
S Michelle GriffinFrancis P KariaArmand ZimmermanMary Catherine C MinnigMonica SwahnJennifer MakelarskiBlandina T MmbagaJoão Ricardo Nickening VissociCatherine Ann StatonPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2020)
The findings of this study suggest there is an underlying sex difference, further stigmatizing women for alcohol use among the injury patient population at KCMC. Tanzanian women suffer from unequal access to health care, and the stigmatization of alcohol use likely increases this disparity.