title: Stigma of people with epilepsy in China: views of health professionals, teachers, employers, and community leaders.
abstract: To identify possible sources of stigma of epilepsy in key informant groups, "mini-ethnographic" studies were conducted in rural and urban locations in China. Data collected from 45 semistructured interviews and 8 focus group discussions (6 persons each) were analyzed to investigate the world experienced by people with epilepsy. Underpinned by a social constructionist approach to data analysis, emerging themes were identified with the use of computer-assisted data analysis (NVivo 8). A hierarchical model was then constructed, to include practical level issues (attitudes toward risk, attitudes toward costs of epilepsy) and cultural level issues (contrast between rurality and tradition and urbanization and modernity in the Chinese context). The analysis enriches current research on factors and sources of stigma of epilepsy and highlights issues for future practice.
authors: Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors: Rong-Rong
authors: RR
authors: Yang
authors: Wen-Zhi
authors: WZ
authors: Wang
authors: Dee
authors: D
authors: Snape
authors: Gong
authors: G
authors: Chen
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: Jian-Zhong
authors: JZ
authors: Wu
authors: Gus A
authors: GA
authors: Baker
authors: Xiao-Ying
authors: XY
authors: Zheng
authors: Ann
authors: A
authors: Jacoby
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