02117nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260004900042653000900091653001100100653003200111653003100143653001700174653001100191653001200202653000900214653001100223653001600234653001400250653002200264653001700286653001800303653001200321653000900333100001200342245006600354856005100420300001100471490000700482520127600489022001401765       2011                            d  c2011 JunbLEPRA Health in ActionaColchester10aAged10aBrazil10aDiscrimination (Psychology)10aEmigration and Immigration10aFocus Groups10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMexico10aMiddle Aged10aPrejudice10aSocial Perception10aStereotyping10aUnited States10aVietnam10awork1 aWhite C00aLeprosy and stigma in the context of international migration.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/82/2/14-7154  a147-540 v823 a<p>If it can be argued that no single attribute or condition (leprosy included) is inherently or universally considered to be 'deeply discrediting,' to quote Goffman, then we must consider how external factors shape stigma associated with that condition in different cultural and socioeconomic contexts. Often, an analysis of what is perceived to be stigma towards people affected by leprosy uncovers other prejudices or stigmatising attitudes associated with class, gender, and/or ethnic inequalities in that society. The movement of people across international borders adds new dimensions to the experience of leprosy, as affected individuals confront different sets of understandings of the disease among healthcare professionals, friends, family, and employers in host and sending countries. Preconceptions of the immigrant 'other' in host countries may be bound up with notions of disease and danger, further complicating the experience of leprosy treatment for immigrants. Drawing on the work of others and on early stage qualitative research on leprosy among Brazilian immigrants to the United States, this paper will consider the ways in which immigration and transnational processes could affect the experience of stigma among immigrants affected by leprosy.</p>  a0305-7518