Editing Endometriosis (section)

=== Stigma ===
The existing stigma surrounding women's health, specifically endometriosis, can lead to patients not seeking diagnoses, lower quality of healthcare, increased barriers to care and treatment, and negative reception from members of society.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sims OT, Gupta J, Missmer SA, Aninye IO | title = Stigma and Endometriosis: A Brief Overview and Recommendations to Improve Psychosocial Well-Being and Diagnostic Delay | journal = International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | volume = 18 | issue = 15 | page = 8210 | date = August 2021 | pmid = 34360501 | pmc = 8346066 | doi = 10.3390/ijerph18158210 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Additionally, [[menstrual stigma]] significantly contributes to the broader issue of endometriosis stigma, creating an interconnected challenge that extends beyond reproductive health.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kocas HD, Rubin LR, Lobel M | title = Stigma and mental health in endometriosis | journal = European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | volume = 19 | pages = 100228 | date = September 2023 | pmid = 37654520 | pmc = 10465859 | doi = 10.1016/j.eurox.2023.100228 | publisher = Elsevier BV | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |vauthors=Henry JE |date=27 May 2022 |title=Period Stigma and the Unacknowledged System of Oppression |url=https://digitaleducation.stanford.edu/period-stigma-and-unacknowledged-system-oppression |access-date=24 November 2023 |website=Stanford {{!}} Digital Education |language=en |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124232217/https://digitaleducation.stanford.edu/period-stigma-and-unacknowledged-system-oppression |url-status=live }}</ref>
Widespread [[awareness campaign]]s, developments, and implementations aimed to multilevel anti-stigma organizational and structural changes, as well as more qualitative studies of the endometriosis stigma, help to overcome the harm of the phenomenon.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sims OT, Gupta J, Missmer SA, Aninye IO | title = Stigma and Endometriosis: A Brief Overview and Recommendations to Improve Psychosocial Well-Being and Diagnostic Delay | journal = International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | volume = 18 | issue = 15 | pages = 8210 | date = August 2021 | pmid = 34360501 | pmc = 8346066 | doi = 10.3390/ijerph18158210 | doi-access = free }}</ref>