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Table 1 Overview of 98 systematic reviews on stigma and HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and physical disability

From: Stigma and intersectionality: a systematic review of systematic reviews across HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and physical disability

Author(s), publication year

Title of paper

Type(s) of systematic review

Number of primary studies included in the review

Geographic location(s) of the primary studies

Mental illness

 Abiri et al. (2016) [32]

Stigma related avoidance in people living with Severe Mental Illness (SMI): Findings of an integrative review

Integrative review

21

Africa, Asia, Middle East, Western Europe

 Ali et al. (2017) [33]

Perceived barriers and facilitators towards help-seeking for eating disorders: A systematic review

integrative review

13

USA, Australia, Norway, UK, Germany

 Ando et al. (2013) [34]

Review of mental-health-related stigma in Japan

integrative Review

19

Japan

 Ando et al. (2011) [35]

The simulation of hallucinations to reduce the stigma of schizophrenia: A systematic review

meta-ethnography

11

USA, Australia, Canada

 Angermeyer et al. (2011) [36]

Biogenetic explanations and public acceptance of mental illness: Systematic review of population studies

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

33

North America, Asia, South America, Africa, Australia

 Boyd et al. (2014) [37]

Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale: A multinational review.

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

81

USA

 Brohan et al. (2010) [38]

Experiences of mental illness stigma, prejudice and discrimination: A review of measures

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

57

Not available

 Castaldelli-Maia et al. (2011) [39]

Perceptions of and attitudes toward antidepressant

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

32

USA, UK

 Clarke et al. (2014) [40]

Emergency department staff attitudes towards mental health consumers: A literature review and thematic content analysis

integrative review

42

USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, China, New Zealand

 Clement et al. (2015) [41]

What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies

integrative review

144

USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, South America

 Clement et al. (2013) [42]

Mass media interventions for reducing mental health-related stigma

COCHRANE quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

22

Not available

 Corrigan et al. (2015) [43]

Do the effects of antistigma programs persist over time? Findings from a meta-analysis

meta-analysis

72

Not available

 Corrigan et al. (2012) [44]

Challenging the public stigma of mental illness: A meta-analysis of outcome studies

meta-analysis

72

Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Australia.

 Dalky (2012) [45]

Mental illness stigma reduction interventions: Review of intervention trials

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

14

Not available

 de Mendonca Lima & Lopes (2012) [46]

Systematic review on origin of stigma and discrimination against old persons with mental disorders

integrative review

59

Not available

 Doley et al. (2017) [47]

Interventions to reduce the stigma of eating disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

18

Australia, US, UK, Indonesia

 Edwards et al. (2015) [48]

What do we know about the risks for young people moving into, through and out of inpatient mental health care? Findings from an evidence synthesis

integrative review

40

USA, UK, Finland, Canada, Norway

 Ellison et al. (2013) [49]

Bipolar disorder and stigma: A systematic review of the literature

integrative review

25

Public Stigma: UK, Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Pakistan. Internalized/Affiliative stigma: USA, Canada, Australia, Turkey, UK, South America

 Evans-Lacko et al. (2014) [50]

The state of the art in European research on reducing social exclusion and stigma related to mental health: A systematic mapping of the literature

integrative review

97

UK, Finland, Sweden, Germany

 Firmin et al. (2016) [51]

Stigma resistance is positively associated with psychiatric and psychosocial outcomes: A meta-analysis

meta-analysis

48

Not available

 Gerlinger et al. (2013) [52]

Personal stigma in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review of prevalence rates, correlates, impact and interventions

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

54

USA, Europe, North America, Australia, Asia

 Griffiths et al. (2014) [53]

Effectiveness of programs for reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

meta-analysis

34

USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Finland, Russia, Turkey

 Guruge et al. (2017) [18]

Knowing so much, yet knowing so little: A scoping review of interventions that address the stigma of mental illness in the Canadian context

integrative review

36

Canada

 Hanisch et al. (2016) [54]

The effectiveness of interventions targeting the stigma of mental illness at the workplace: A systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

16

Europe, US or Canada, Australia, Asia

 Haugen et al. (2017) [55]

Mental health stigma and barriers to mental health care for first responders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

12

United States, Ireland, Canada

 Hawke et al. (2013) [56]

Stigma and bipolar disorder: A review of the literature

integrative review

32

Not available

 Janouskova et al. (2017) [57]

Can video interventions be used to effectively destigmatize mental illness among young people? A systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

23

US, Europe, China, Australia

 Jorm (2012) [58]

Belief in the dangerousness of people with mental disorders: A review

integrative review

125

Japan, Germany, Australia, Canada, Turkey, Spain, Nigeria, India, Brazil, Singapore, USA

 Kaushik et al.& Kyriakopoulos (2016) [59]

The stigma of mental illness in children and adolescents: A systematic review

integrative review

42

USA, United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Australia, Iran, Canada, Greece, Japan.

 Kvaale et al. (2013) [60]

Biogenetic explanations and stigma: A meta-analytic review of associations among laypeople

meta-analysis

25

Not available

 Kvaale et al. (2013) [61]

The ‘side effects’ of medicalization: A meta-analytic review of how biogenetic explanations affect stigma

meta-analysis

28

Not available

 Livingston & Boyd. (2010) [30]

Correlates and consequences of internalized stigma for people living with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

meta-analysis

127

Not available

 Mak et al. (2007) [62]

Meta-analysis of stigma and mental health

meta-analysis

49

North America, Europe, Australia, Asia

 Malachowski & Kirsh (2013) [63]

Workplace antistigma initiatives: A scoping study

scoping review

22

Australia, Canada, UK, USA

 Mascayano et al. (2016) [63]

Stigma toward mental illness in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review

integrative review

26

Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Jamaica, Colombia, Peru, Chile

 McPherson & Armstrong (2012) [64]

General practitioner management of depression: a systematic review

qualitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

13

UK, Sweden, Canada

 Mehta et al. (2015) [65]

Evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination in the medium and long term: Systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

80

USA, Canada, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Italy, Japan, Norway, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Germany, Turkey, Serbia, China, India

 Mestdagh & Hansen (2014) [66]

Stigma in patients with schizophrenia receiving community mental health care: a review of qualitative studies

meta-ethnography

18

UK, USA, Europe, Australia, Turkey, Brazil, Malaysia

 Milton & Mullan (2014) [67]

Diagnosis telling in people with psychosis

integrative review

14

Not available

 Mittal et al. (2012) [68]

Empirical studies of self-stigma reduction strategies: A critical review of the literature

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

14

USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Finland, China

 Mueller et al. (2016) [69]

Communications to children about mental illness and their role in stigma development: An integrative review

integrative review

15

UK, Finland, Ireland, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Spain

 Parcesepe & Cabassa et al. (2013) [70]

Public stigma of mental illness in the United States: A systematic literature review

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

36

USA

 Putman (2008) [71]

Mental illness: Diagnostic title or derogatory term? (Attitudes towards mental illness) Developing a learning resource for use within a clinical call centre. A systematic literature review on attitudes towards mental illness

integrative review

31

Not available

 Read et al. (2006) [72]

Prejudice and schizophrenia: a review of the ‘mental illness is an illness like any other’ approach

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

n/a

USA, England, Australia, Japan, South Africa, Ireland, India, Turkey, Malaysia, China, Italy, Ethiopia, Greece, Russia, and Mongolia

 Schnyder et al. (2017) [73]

Association between mental health-related stigma and active help-seeking: Systematic review and meta-analysis

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

27

Not available

 Schomerus et al. (2012) [74]

Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

meta-analysis

33

Not available

 Seroalo et al. (2014) [2]

A critical synthesis of interventions to reduce stigma attached to mental illness

critical synthesis

17

Hong Kong, USA, Russia, Britain, Germany, Sweden, Turkey

 Sharac et al. (2010) [3]

The economic impact of mental health stigma and discrimination: A systematic review

integrative review

30

USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand, Israel, UK

 Sharp et al. (2015) [75]

Stigma as a barrier to seeking health care among military personnel with mental health problems

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

20

USA, UK, Canada

 Stubbs (2014) [76]

Reducing mental illness stigma in health care students and professionals: A review of the literature

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

18

Not available

 Thornicroft et al. (2016) [77]

Evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma and discrimination

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

89

Not available

 Tsang et al. (2016) [78]

Therapeutic intervention for internalized stigma of severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

14

US, Canada, Turkey, Hong Kong, Israel, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Japan

 Tzouvara & Nyblade. (2016) [79]

Systematic review of the prevalence of mental illness stigma within the Greek culture

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

18

Greece, United Kingdom, Australia, Cyprus

 Wittkowski et al. (2014) [80]

Exploring psychosis and bipolar disorder in women: A critical review of the qualitative literature

meta-ethnography

13

USA, Canada, UK, Japan

 Wood et al. (2016) [81]

Psychosocial interventions for internalised stigma in people with a schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis: A systematic narrative synthesis and meta-analysis

   

 Xu et al. (2017) [82]

Challenging mental health related stigma in China: Systematic review and meta-analysis. I. Interventions among the general public

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

9

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau

 Yamaguchi et al. (2011) [83]

Strategies and future attempts to reduce stigmatization and increase awareness of mental health problems among young people: A narrative review of educational interventions

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

40

Not available

 Yamaguchi et al. (2013) [84]

Effects of short-term interventions to reduce mental health–related stigma in university or college students: A systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

35

USA, Taiwan, UK, Japan, Turkey, Germany

 Yamaguchi et al. (2017) [85]

Associations between renaming schizophrenia and stigma-related outcomes: A systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

23

Japan, South Korea, UK, China, Canada, Ireland, Turkey

 Yang et al. (2014) [86]

Recent advances in cross-cultural measurement in psychiatric epidemiology: Utilizing ‘what matters most’ to identify culture-specific aspects of stigma

integrative review

196

USA, Asia/Pacific Islands, Middle East, Africa, Western Europe

HIV/AIDS

 Bharat (2011) [17]

A systematic review of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in India: Current understanding and future needs

integrative review

30

India

 Campbell et al. (2011) [87]

Creating social spaces to tackle AIDS-related stigma: Reviewing the role of church groups in sub-Saharan Africa

integrative review

36

Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Senegal, DR Congo,

 Columbini et al. (2014) [88]

Factors affecting adherence to short-course ARV prophylaxis for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and lessons for future elimination

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

14

South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Kenya

 Dao et al. (2013) [89]

Social science research on HIV in Vietnam: A critical review and future directions

qualitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality and mixed methods review

64

Vietnam

 Darlington & Hutson (2017) [26]

Understanding HIV-related stigma among women in the southern United States: A literature review

integrative review

27

United States

 Earnshaw & Chaudoir (2009) [19]

From conceptualizing to measuring HIV stigma: A review of HIV stigma mechanism measures

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

23

USA, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, India, China

 Florom-Smith et al. (2012) [90]

Exploring the concept of HIV-related stigma

integrative review

21

USA

 Gesesew et al. (2017) [91]

Significant association between perceived HIV related stigma and late presentation for HIV/AIDS care in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

10

Ethiopia, Venezuala, Mexico, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Kenya

 Ho & Holloway. (2015) [92]

The impact of HIV-related stigma on the lives of HIV-positive women: An integrated literature review

integrative review

26

USA, South Africa, Canada, UK, Tanzania, Peru, Vietnam, Kenya, New Zealand, Thailand, India

 Katz et al. (2013) [93]

Impact of HIV-related stigma on treatment adherence: Systematic review and meta-synthesis

integrative review

75

Not available

 Kerrigan et al. (2015) [16]

A community empowerment approach to the HIV response among sex workers: Effectiveness, challenges, and considerations for implementation and scale-up

meta-analysis.

22

India, Brazil, Dominican Republic

 Logie & Gadalla (2009) [94]

Meta-analysis of health and demographic correlates of stigma towards people living with HIV

meta-analysis

24

North America

 Lorenc et al. 2011 [95]

HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM): systematic review of qualitative evidence

qualitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

17

USA, UK, Canada

 Loutfy et al. (2015) [21]

Systematic review of stigma reducing interventions for African/Black diasporic women

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

5

USA

 Lowther et al. (2014) [4]

Experience of persistent psychological symptoms and perceived stigma among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART): A systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

66

USA, France, Italy, Australia, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, South Africa, India, Nigeria, Botswana, Brazil, Thailand, Uganda, Cameroon, China, Gambia, Jamaica, Rwanda, Senegal, Vietnam, Zambia

 Mahajan et al. (2008) [96]

Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward

integrative review

390

North America, Western Europe

 Mak et al. (2017) [97]

Meta-analysis and systematic review of studies on the effectiveness of HIV stigma reduction programs

qualitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality and meta-analysis

m- 42. q s- 35

USA, Africa, Europe, Asia

 Maulsby et al. (2014) [27]

HIV among Black Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in the United States: A review of the literature

integrative review

39

USA

 McAteer et al. (2017) [98]

A systematic review of measures of HIV/AIDS stigma in paediatric HIV-infected and HIV-affected populations

qualitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

22

United States, Africa, Asia, Sweden

 Mills et al. (2006) [99]

Barriers to participation in HIV drug trials: A systematic review

integrative review

14

USA, EU, Australia, France, UK

 Monjok et al. (2009) [100]

HIV/AIDS - related stigma and discrimination in Nigeria: Review of research Studies and future directions for prevention

integrative review

8

Nigeria

 Monteiro et al. (2013) [22]

The interaction between axes of inequality in studies on discrimination, stigma and HIV/AIDS: Contributions to the recent international literature

integrative review

42

Jamaica, USA, Nepal, Uganda, India, Puerto Rico, England, Mexico, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Malawi, China, Tanzania, South Africa, Canada

 Monteiro et al. (2012) [101]

Discrimination, stigma, and AIDS: A review of academic literature produced in Brazil (2005–2010)

meta-ethnography and mixed methods review

163

Brazil

 Paudel & Baral (2015) [102]

Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), battling stigma, discrimination and denial and the role of support groups as a coping strategy: a review of literature

meta-ethnography

7

Canada, India, Uganda, Australia, Tanzania, United States of America, Thailand

 Prost et al. (2008) [103]

Social, behavioural, and intervention research among people of sub-Saharan African origin living with HIV in the UK and Europe: Literature review and recommendations for intervention

integrative review

138

Europe

 Roger et al. (2013) [104]

Social aspects of HIV/AIDS and aging: A thematic review

integrative review

62

Canada

 Sandelowski et al. (2009) [23]

Gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in research reports on stigma in HIV-positive women

meta-study

32

USA

 Sengupta et al. (2011) [105]

HIV interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma: A systematic review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

19

North America, Europe, Asia, Africa

 Smith et al. (2008) [106]

A meta-analysis of disclosure of one’s HIV-positive status, stigma and social support

meta-analysis

21

USA, UK, South Africa, India.

 Stangl et al. (2013) [15]

A systematic review of interventions to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination from 2002 to 2013: How far have we come?

integrative review

48

Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Zambia, China, India, Uganda, Chile, Ethiopia, Australia, China, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Hong Kong, Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Haiti, Peru, Thailand, USA, Swaziland, Tanzania, Vietnam Canada

 Sweeney & Vanable (2016) [107]

The association of HIV-related stigma to HIV medication adherence: A systematic review and synthesis of the literature

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

38

USA, South Africa, Kenya, India, Thailand, China, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Zambia, Nigeria, France, The Netherlands

 Talley & Bettencourt (2010) [108]

A relationship-oriented model of HIV-related stigma derived from a review of the HIV-affected couples literature

integrative review

13

Thailand, India, USA

 Turan & Nyblade (2013) [79]

HIV-related stigma as a barrier to achievement of global PMTCT and maternal health goals: A review of the evidence

integrative review

150

Not available

 Weihs & Meyer-Weitz (2016) [109]

Barriers to workplace HIV testing in South Africa: A systematic review of the literature

Integrative review

4

South Africa

Physical disability

 Boyles et al. (2008) [14]

Representations of disability in nursing and healthcare literature: an integrative review

integrative review

65

Not available

 Wilson et al. (2013) [110]

Attitudes towards individuals with disabilities as measured by the Implicit Association Test: A literature review

quantitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

17

USA, China, Italy, UK, Germany, France

 Zeldenryk et al. (2011) [111]

The emerging story of disability associated with lymphatic filariasis: A critical review

qualitative systematic review with assessment of methodological quality

16

Ghana, India, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic

Combination papers

 Van Bakel (2007) [13]

Measuring health-related stigma- a literature review

quantitative systematic review with no assessment of methodological quality

63

Most instruments developed for use in the USA