Webinar: Stigma: what you as a healthcare provider can do to address it

Topic outline

• Webinar: Stigma: what you as a healthcare provider can do to address it

  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.

  • FileRecording of presentations
  • 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