TY - JOUR
T1 - A scoping review of the integration of empowerment-based perspectives in quantitative intersectional stigma research
AU - Logie, Carmen H.
AU - Earnshaw, Valerie
AU - Nyblade, Laura
AU - Turan, Janet
AU - Stangl, Ann
AU - Poteat, Tonia
AU - Nelson, La Ron
AU - Baral, Stefan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Canada Foundation for Innovation; Canada Research Chairs; Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The genesis of the concept of intersectionality was a call to dismantle interlocking systems of oppression–racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class-based–in order to realise liberation of Black women and other women of colour. Intersectionality holds the radical potential to amplify collective efficacy, community solidarity, and liberation. The extension of intersectionality into stigma research has resulted in an increased focus on intersectional stigma in quantitative research. This raises questions regarding how the radical and liberatory potential of intersectionality is applied in stigma research. Specifically, empowerment-based perspectives may be overlooked in quantitative intersectional stigma research. We conducted a scoping review to document if and how empowerment-based perspectives were included in intersectional stigma quantitative studies. We identified and included 32 studies in this review that examined varied stigmas, most commonly related to race, gender, HIV and sexual orientation. In total 13/32 (40.6%) of these studies reported on empowerment-based factors; most of these examined social support and/or resilience. Taken together, findings suggest that the quantitative intersectional stigma research field would benefit from expansion of concepts studied to include activism and solidarity, as well as methodological approaches to identify the protective roles of empowerment-based factors to inform health and social justice-related programmes and policy.
AB - The genesis of the concept of intersectionality was a call to dismantle interlocking systems of oppression–racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class-based–in order to realise liberation of Black women and other women of colour. Intersectionality holds the radical potential to amplify collective efficacy, community solidarity, and liberation. The extension of intersectionality into stigma research has resulted in an increased focus on intersectional stigma in quantitative research. This raises questions regarding how the radical and liberatory potential of intersectionality is applied in stigma research. Specifically, empowerment-based perspectives may be overlooked in quantitative intersectional stigma research. We conducted a scoping review to document if and how empowerment-based perspectives were included in intersectional stigma quantitative studies. We identified and included 32 studies in this review that examined varied stigmas, most commonly related to race, gender, HIV and sexual orientation. In total 13/32 (40.6%) of these studies reported on empowerment-based factors; most of these examined social support and/or resilience. Taken together, findings suggest that the quantitative intersectional stigma research field would benefit from expansion of concepts studied to include activism and solidarity, as well as methodological approaches to identify the protective roles of empowerment-based factors to inform health and social justice-related programmes and policy.
KW - Intersectionality
KW - empowerment
KW - empowerment
KW - intersectional stigma
KW - solidarity
KW - stigma
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U2 - 10.1080/17441692.2021.1934061
DO - 10.1080/17441692.2021.1934061
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34061710
AN - SCOPUS:85107352174
JO - Global Public Health
JF - Global Public Health
SN - 1744-1692
ER -