Reducing Opioid and Substance Use-Related Stigma in Health-Care and Other Direct Service Delivery Contexts: Evaluation Results

- The main components of global care are: counselling, access to prophylaxes, treatment for HIV- related morbidities and antiretroviral therapy accompanied by clinical and

We have tried to unravel the causal mechanisms along which legislation and various charters describing patients’ rights at macro level lead to patient empowerment and

As evidenced in the following key findings, the evaluation of the Understanding Stigma online program generally showed encouraging results in terms of improving attitudes

Stigma and the Opioid Crisis, a Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) qualitative study, reveals a number of key findings on opioid-related stigma: its character (in the

One of the most concerning themes that arose in the context of understanding the sources of stigma towards people with opioid use and other drug problems was what one respondent

Mental illness-related stigma, including that which exists in the healthcare system and among healthcare providers, has been identified as a major barrier to access treatment

In a Canadian study, xiv second year masters level social work students who were enrolled in a mental health concentration received a traditional classroom lecture

“If I knew someone had a mental illness I would not date them” and a 35% improvement for the item “I would not want to be taught by a teacher who had been treated for a