Community led health promotion to counter stigma and increase trust amongst priority populations: lessons from the 2022-2023 UK mpox outbreak

• Main Authors: Colette Pang Biesty (Author), Charlotte Hemingway (Author), James Woolgar (Author), Katrina Taylor (Author), Mark David Lawton (Author), Muhammad Wali Waheed (Author), Dawn Holford (Author), Miriam Taegtmeyer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Stigma, lack of trust in authorities, and poor knowledge can prevent health-seeking behaviour, worsen physical and mental health, and undermine efforts to control transmission during disease outbreaks. These factors are particularly salient with diseases such as mpox, for which 9...