PPT-HIV 101 & Addressing Stigma

The Season for Change Advent Study Week One What is HIVAIDS What does HIV stand for H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus Immune system fights off viruses and infections When HIV enters the body it attacks the immune system and destroys cells. What do we know? Where should we go?. Cynthia E. Devers. Michigan State University. What is . an organizational stigma. ?. Most work applies . Goffman’s. definition . - “an attribute that is deeply discrediting . Program Goals. HIV Care Cascade: . Only 25% of Patients Have Suppressed Viral Load. Stigma: Achilles’ Heel of Care. Stigma: Achilles’ Heel of Care (cont). Addressing Stigma. Why Do Patients Drop out of Care? . Learning Objectives. Explore impact of stigma & discrimination on people with mental health disabilities. . Discuss beliefs and actions that foster and perpetuate stigma and discrimination.. Develop strategies for reducing stigma and discrimination against people with mental health disabilities.. Dr. Mike Condra. condram@queensu.ca. Queen’s University. Agenda. Free Association Activity. What is Stigma and how can we recognize it?. Two types of Stigma. The Impact of Self-Stigma. How a Peer Mentor Can Help to lessen the impact of Self-Stigma. Strategies . for . Integrated Care Settings. Gretchen Grappone, LICSW. Marty . Boldin. , LICSW, MLADC, LCS, CPS. Gretchen Grappone, LICSW. ggrappone@atlasresearch.us. Trainer and consultant in VA Medical Centers, civilian . ILLNESS. It is dangerous to be different. Dr. . Adenike. . Jesusanmi. MB:BS, . MRCPsych. , MSc (University of Manchester). What is stigma?. Stigma . can be traced back to early Greek society, where . raised, . the result of which means people are less willing to disclose and therefore unable to get the support they may need.. Empathy through Content. Recognising Talent & . Ability. Accessibility . A HISTORICAL THESIS. By: Edith Gonzalez. California State University, Long Beach. May 2012. Introduction. People who have mental illness encounter various challenges that complicate their lives caused from stigma on mental illness, such as lack of social support, housing, employment, and affecting their mental health treatment (. Brandon Brown, PhD. UCR SOM. Department of Social Medicine and Population Health. Outline. HIV Background. HIV stigma. N. ew epidemics. Positive outlook. zero . new HIV infections. zero. discrimination. PRESENTATION . BY. SR.CAROLINE RUKUNGA. INTRODUCTION. Definitions. Stigma is a powerful social process of devaluing people or groups based on a real or perceived difference—such as gender, age, sexual orientation, behavior, or ethnicity, health status etc.. 2. Symbolic interactionism. Symbolic interactionism . is a . micro-level . theory based on the idea that people act in accordance with shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions. Herbert . Blumer. Brooke Gomez, . Chwee. -Lye . Chng. Ph.D. & Mark . Vosvick. Ph.D.. . Center for Psychosocial . Health Research. Background. Living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comes with a host of complex psychological and physical stressors.. Two New Measures. . Jason B. . Luoma. , Ph.D.. RCTs are not enough. Data on outcomes for ACT targeting substance misuse have started to emerge. Outcome data are not enough. We need to know . how. an intervention results in change, not simply . Joyceline Ntoh Yuh. University of Oldenburg. Germany.. Outline. Introduction. Background of the problem. Purpose & objectives of the study. Problem statement. Research questions. Significance of study.