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| Title |
Attitudes towards mental illness in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-541 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jim Crabb, Robert C Stewart, Demoubly Kokota, Neil Masson, Sylvester Chabunya, Rajeev Krishnadas |
| Abstract |
Stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness are strongly linked to suffering, disability and poverty. In order to protect the rights of those with mental disorders and to sensitively develop services, it is vital to gain a more accurate understanding of the frequency and nature of stigma against people with mental illness. Little research about this issue has been conducted in Sub- Saharan Africa. Our study aimed to describe levels of stigma in Malawi. |
Twitter Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 247 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 243 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 6% |
| Researcher | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 49 | 20% |
| Unknown | 71 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 64 | 26% |
| Psychology | 37 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 24 | 10% |
| Unknown | 73 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 August 2023.
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#7,414,686
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#7,821
of 14,752 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,512
of 164,297 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#152
of 333 outputs
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