title: Stigma perspective of siblings of children with a major childhood burn injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the stigma perspective of siblings of children with major burn injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  A mixed method, qualitative-dominant study was conducted. The life story method was used for the qualitative portion. Only narratives from those family members describing the sibling's appearance change were used (N = 18 participants).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stigma experienced by siblings was first described by parents or noninjured siblings; they described how the sibling with changed appearance was stared at, ridiculed, or teased when they entered a new social situation. Only when specifically asked did the children with burn injury talk about their problems, saying, "This always happens when I go somewhere new."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with changed appearance focused on normalizing their lives in a positive way. Oftentimes, it was a parent or noninjured sibling who would describe manifestations of stigma and ways they tried to protect the child with burn injury.
authors.affiliation: (Associate Professor), School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Carlee
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lehna
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012801:Sibling Relations; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Stigma; childhood burn; chronic illness; mixed method/qualitative