COE Learning Network: Community Stigma Reduction

May 3, 2023

The activity will allow the COE healthcare team to understand stigma and all its components, how to address stigma in
their daily lives and how to address it.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives 
  2. Stigma Basics
    1. Definition
    2. Components of Stigma
      1. Labeling
      2. Stereotyping
      3. Separation
      4. Status Loss
      5. Discrimination
    3. Causes of Stigma
    4. Recovery Pathways
    5. Harm Reduction
    6. Paternalistic Values and Stigma
      1. Discussion of Paternalism
    7. Effects of Stigma
  3. Tools for Addressing Stigma
    1. Education
    2. Contact-Based Interventions
    3. Advocacy
    4. Person First Language
      1. Some Examples of Person First Language
      2. Video Addressing Nonverbal Cues
  4. Addressing Stigma Starts with Me!
    1. Self-Reflection
    2. Using Contact Based Interventions
    3. Using Supervision
  5. Addressing Stigma in the Recovery Community
    1. Engage with the Recovery Community
    2. Recovery Meetings
    3. Use Recovery Principles to Combat Stigma
  6. Advocacy
    1. Using Advocacy to Address Stigma
    2. Advocacy in Care Management
    3. Types of Advocacy in Care Management
    4. Discussion of Using Advocacy to Address Stigma 
  7. Questions and Discussion

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the causes and consequences of stigma related to SUD.
  • Recognize and challenge stigmatizing language and attitudes.
  • Develop organizational strategies to reduce stigma.
  • Use advocacy to effectively work to minimize stigma in your community.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/03/2023
Course expires: 
08/31/2023
Event starts: 
05/03/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/03/2023 - 1:30pm EDT
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The activity will allow the COE healthcare team to understand stigma and all its components, how to address stigma in
their daily lives and how to address it.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives 
  2. Stigma Basics
    1. Definition
    2. Components of Stigma
      1. Labeling
      2. Stereotyping
      3. Separation
      4. Status Loss
      5. Discrimination
    3. Causes of Stigma
    4. Recovery Pathways
    5. Harm Reduction
    6. Paternalistic Values and Stigma
      1. Discussion of Paternalism
    7. Effects of Stigma
  3. Tools for Addressing Stigma
    1. Education
    2. Contact-Based Interventions
    3. Advocacy
    4. Person First Language
      1. Some Examples of Person First Language
      2. Video Addressing Nonverbal Cues
  4. Addressing Stigma Starts with Me!
    1. Self-Reflection
    2. Using Contact Based Interventions
    3. Using Supervision
  5. Addressing Stigma in the Recovery Community
    1. Engage with the Recovery Community
    2. Recovery Meetings
    3. Use Recovery Principles to Combat Stigma
  6. Advocacy
    1. Using Advocacy to Address Stigma
    2. Advocacy in Care Management
    3. Types of Advocacy in Care Management
    4. Discussion of Using Advocacy to Address Stigma 
  7. Questions and Discussion
Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Julie Brewer

Erin Seger

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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