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Toolkit: Don’t Forget I’m Human – Stopping Dementia Stigma

published on Friday, October 7th, 2022

Evans-Lacko S, Farina N, Ferri C, Franzon AC, Godoy C, Hurzuk S, Jacobs R, Mata F, Mateus E, Musyimi C, Muyela L, Oliveira D, Ong E, Ortega M, Surawattananon N, Weidner W (2022) Don’t Forget I’m Human – Stopping Dementia Stigma. The STRiDE Anti-Stigma Toolkit, STRiDE Project, London.

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Understanding, experiences and attitudes of dementia in India: A qualitative study

published on Tuesday, August 16th, 2022

Hurzuk S, Farina N, Pattabiraman M, Ramasamy N, Alladi S, Rajagopalan J, Comas-Herrera A, Thomas PT, Evans-Lacko S (2022) Understanding, experiences and attitudes of dementia in India: A qualitative study, Dementia.

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Dementia anti-stigma intervention: Facilitator’s manual – Train-the-trainer program

published on Friday, July 22nd, 2022

Musyimi C, Farina N, Evans-Lacko S, Muyela L, Mutunga E, Mutiso V, Ndetei D (2022) Dementia anti-stigma intervention: Facilitator’s manual – Train-the-trainer program, Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation, Kenya.

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Stigma in Brazil: World Alzheimer’s Report 2019

published on Thursday, November 14th, 2019

Ferri C, Mateus E, Oliveira D, da Mata F (2019) Stigma in Brazil: The narrative of a person with young-onset dementia, in Alzheimer’s Disease International, World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to Dementia, ADI, London, pp 116.

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Stigma and dementia care in Kenya: World Alzheimer’s report

published on Thursday, November 14th, 2019

Musyimi C, Mutunga E, Ndetei D (2019) Stigma and dementia care in Kenya; Strengthening Responses to Dementia in Developing Countries (STRiDE) Project, in Alzheimer’s Disease International, World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to Dementia, ADI, London, pp 121-122.

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Stigma and its implications for dementia in South Africa: a multi-stakeholder exploratory study

published on Thursday, June 9th, 2022

Jacobs R, Schneider M, Farina N, du Toit P, Evans-Lacko S (2022) Stigma and its implications for dementia in South Africa: a multi-stakeholder exploratory study, Ageing and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X2200040X

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Perceptions and experiences of dementia and its care in rural Kenya

published on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

Musyimi CW, Ndetei DM, Evans-Lacko S, Oliveira D, Mutunga E, Farina N (2021) Perceptions and experiences of dementia and its care in rural Kenya, Dementia.

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Experiences of stigma and discrimination among people living with dementia and family carers in Brazil

published on Thursday, May 20th, 2021

Oliveira D, Da Mata F, Mateus E, Musyimi C, Farina N, Ferri C, Evans-Lacko S (2021) Experiences of stigma and discrimination among people living with dementia and family carers in Brazil: Qualitative study, Ageing and Society, 1-22.

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Conference poster (ADI, 2020) Stigma related to dementia in India: Current status and challenges

published on Monday, May 23rd, 2022

STRiDE WP3 India ADI 2020 poster SH_ This poster, presented at the ADI conference 2020, highlights findings from a study of attitudes to dementia and associated stigma in India. The findings show that there is  poor awareness of dementia, socio cultural aspects contributing towards perceptions leading to stigma and barriers in access to dementia care […]

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New STRiDE anti-stigma toolkit

published on Friday, October 7th, 2022

Introducing the new STRiDE Dementia Project Anti-Stigma Toolkit (PDF) The consequences of stigma are often described as being as bad or worse than the impacts of dementia itself. At the individual level, stigma can undermine life goals, reduce participation in meaningful life activities and worsens a person’s quality of life. At the societal level, it can […]

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