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Women and Stigma: A Protocol for Understanding Intersections of Experience through Body Mapping

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Boydell, Katherine M., Bennett, Jill, Dew, Angela, Lappin, Julia, Lenette, Caroline, Ussher, Jane, Vaughan, Priya, Wells, Ruth·2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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This paper outlines a research and dissemination protocol to be undertaken with specific groups of marginalised women in Australia. Women impacted by significant mental distress, disability, or refugee status are among society’s most vulnerable and disenfranchised groups. They can experience significant social exclusion, marginalisation and stigma, associated with reduced help seeking, deprivation of dignity and human rights, and threats to health, well-being and quality of life. Previous research has assessed the experiences of discrete groups of women but has to date failed to consider mental health–refugee–disability intersections and overlaps in experience. Using body mapping, this research applies an intersectional approach to identify how women impacted by significant mental distress, disability, and refugee status negotiate stigma and marginalisation. Findings on strategies to cope with, negotiate and resist stigmatised identities will inform health policy and yield targeted interventions informed by much-needed insights on women’s embodied experience of stigma. The women’s body maps will be exhibited publicly as part of an integrated knowledge translation strategy. The aim is to promote and increase sensitivity and empathy among practitioners and policy makers, strengthening the basis for social policy deliberation.

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  • Body mapping has been used as a therapeutic tool, an educational and advocacy strategy, and a means of coping in diverse populations.

    “Body mapping, an art-based method, has been used as a therapeutic tool, an educational and advocacy strategy, and a means of coping in diverse populations [17–22].”

    From Recruitment, retention and recouperation: lessons learned from a study aimed at assessing burnout mitigation in physician learners (2025) · cites this paper as [21]

    The Procedure section describes body mapping as intended to be therapeutic, and the Introduction and Integrated Knowledge Translation and Evaluation section describe its use to communicate findings to public and policy audiences. The paper proposes work with women affected by mental distress, disability and refugee status, but it does not establish that body mapping has been used as an educational strategy or as a means of coping across diverse populations; its Aims propose studying participants’ coping strategies, not using body mapping as one. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  1. [21]Csordas T. Embodiment and cultural phenomenology Perspectives on Embodiment: The Intersections of Nature and Culture Weiss G. Haber H.F. Routledge London, UK 1999 143 162

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Authors
Boydell, K. M., Bennett, J., Dew, A., Lappin, J., Lenette, C., Ussher, J., Vaughan, P., & Wells, R.
Affiliations
  • Black Dog Institute (AU)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
  • Deakin University (AU)
  • Western Sydney University (AU)
Corresponding author
Boydell, Katherine M.
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-07-28
Volume
17
Issue
15
Pages
5432
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3045983528
Cited by
32
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 2
FWCI
6.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Australian Research Council (DP200100597)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
Keywords
stigma, marginalized women, intersectionality, body mapping, psychological distress, disability, refugee status, social exclusion, help-seeking, embodied experience, knowledge translation, health policy, Australia
MeSH terms
Australia, Female, Humans, Quality of Life, Refugees, Sexual Behavior, Social Stigma

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