Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

Health Psychol · ISSN (e) 1930-7810 · 2 papers in corpus

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Visualizing pain disparities: Using graphic medicine to promote resistance to medical ableism

doi:10.1037/hea0001466 ·PMID:41396633

OBJECTIVE: This research investigates the potential for graphic medicine to foster resistance to medical ableism among those with feminized pain (i.e., endometriosis). We unite community and health psychology and disability studies to explo…

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Keep period pain a secret? Expanding the theory of planned behavior with endometriosis knowledge and menstrual stigma to explain women's intentions to talk about menstrual discomfort

doi:10.1037/hea0001502 ·PMID:40272413

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological condition often characterized by severe menstrual pain. It takes 7 years on average to diagnose endometriosis, with menstrual stigma being an estimated factor for this delay. METHOD: In t…