Public profiles in Alzheimer’s disease stigma: Unsupported, discriminated, and alone

Beliefs about a lack of support, worries about discrimination, and expectations of social distance may depict a topic cluster to leverage in public messaging campaigns intended to reduce AD stigma. In doing so, our findings suggest it will be essential to consider the age and education level of the intended audience.

Authors

Shana D. Stites (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-4343)
Kristin Harkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5360-1043)
Jonathan D. Rubright
Rebecca Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2475-6622)
Carolyn Kuz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3118-5201)

Institutions

National Board of Medical Examiners (US)
Georgetown University (US)
University of Pennsylvania (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Journal of public health research
Published: 2025-10-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036251395260
Primary Topic: Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Public profiles in Alzheimer’s disease stigma: Unsupported, discriminated, and alone

Shana D. Stites, Kristin Harkins, Jonathan D. Rubright, Rebecca Johnson et al.

Oct 1, 2025

Journal of public health research

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

article

Public profiles in Alzheimer’s disease stigma: Unsupported, discriminated, and alone

Shana D. Stites, Kristin Harkins, Jonathan D. Rubright, Rebecca Johnson, Carolyn Kuz

October 1, 2025article en

Abstract

Beliefs about a lack of support, worries about discrimination, and expectations of social distance may depict a topic cluster to leverage in public messaging campaigns intended to reduce AD stigma. In doing so, our findings suggest it will be essential to consider the age and education level of the intended audience.

Journal of public health researchVol. 14(4)

National Board of Medical Examiners (US), Georgetown University (US), University of Pennsylvania (US)

Openalex Percentile: Top 49%

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