Your point about “these populations can distrust health authorities therefore they can refuse to cooperated with them when there’s an emergency” (Lew) is so true. People don’t seek treatment because they are afraid of judgement and being criticizes. They often found difficulties because the thought of someone labeling is shame enough, and can push someone over the edge. We see these factors in many other illness and diseases. Prime example are African American men that are diagnosis with type 2- diabetes that sometime refuse to seek treatment due to your pride and don’t realize the outcome of not seeking treatment. I do believe that society allows this stigma to continue because it is part of the everyday norm. The norms that if someone is
