Webinar: Stigma: what you as a healthcare provider can do to address it
14 June 2023, 15:00-16:00 CEST
Welcome to the 'Stigma: what you as a healthcare provider can do to address it' webinar space on EVA.
The overall aim of this online webinar organised by ECDC, European Clinical AIDS Society (EACS) and the Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP) is to increase general practitioner and nurse and other healthcare staff knowledge and awareness of what stigma is, how it impacts patient health, and how it can be addressed in general practice.
If you have any questions regarding the webinar, please contact the Coordination team at countrysupport.rigshospitalet@regionh.dk. If you have any technical issues, please contact courses@ecdc.europa.eu.
Objectives
At the end of the webinar, participants should:
- Have gained an understanding of what stigma is, including that related to HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs, and how it impacts patient health, particularly that of key populations; and
- Understand what healthcare workers can do to prevent and address it.
Target audience
This webinar is aimed toward (i) nurses, (ii) physicians and (iii) other healthcare staff working in general practices in EU/EEA countries.
Programme
The webinar will be hosted online using Zoom with a duration of 60 minutes. The format will include expert plenary presentations and open discussion/Q&A.
14 June 2023, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
Time
Purpose and activity
Facilitator(s)
15:00
Defining stigma in the context of HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs
Elena Vaughan, University of Galway
15:10
Findings from the first European-wide HIV Stigma Survey
Teymur Noori, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
15:20
How Stigma Affects community access to HIV & sexual and reproductive health and rights services: Healthcare Professionals to the front
Amanita Calderon Cifuentes, Transgender Europe (TGEU)
15:30
How do you ensure communications with your clients are stigma-free?
Jo Smith, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
15:40
Q&A
Elena Vaughan, University of Galway
15:55
Take-home messages and evaluation
Sarah North, Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP)
Background material
We have selected relevant documents related to the webinar content as background material. These materials provide support to the planned webinar presentations and discussions.
- ECDC: Evidence brief: Impact of stigma and discrimination on access to HIV services in Europe
- NAM Aidsmap coverage of ECDC preliminary HIV stigma survey results: Stigma and discrimination against people with HIV are as big an issue as ever
- World Hepatitis Alliance: The impact of stigma and discrimination affecting people with hepatitis B
- KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation: The KNCV Stigma Reduction Tool Box
- KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation: The Allies Approach: Tuberculosis Stigma Reduction for Health Care Institutions
- AIDS Action Europe and European HIV Legal Forum: Policy brief on discrimination in the healthcare sector against employees and patients living with HIV
- HIV Outcomes: HIV Stigma and Discrimination: A European Approach
- Stutterheim SE, van der Kooij YL, Crutzen R, Ruiter RAC, Bos AER, Kok G. Intervention mapping as a guide to developing, implementing, and evaluating stigma reduction interventions. Stigma and Health. 2023. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000445