Mind the Gap Webinar on Methods for Understanding and Addressing Stigma

Mind the Gap Webinar on Methods for Understanding and Addressing Stigma (Dec 2019)

In this webinar for NIH’s Office of Disease Prevention, Dr. Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to address stigma. She draws on examples from her own and others’ research, with a focus on two highly stigmatized disease contexts: HIV and substance use. She advocates for theory-based cross-cutting research to improve understanding of stigma and the development of intersectional, multilevel, and longitudinal interventions to enhance efforts to address stigma.

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