Despite the scale of the STI epidemic and the number of people affected, talking about STIs is still considered a taboo and conversations about sexual behavior are often uncomfortable even in a medical setting. It’s not surprising that the words we use to talk about STIs often have undercurrents of judgement. While most providers don’t mean to make anyone feel bad about their identity, behavior, or diagnosis, the messages they give and the words they use often do just that.
In this webinar, we discuss the ways in which stigma is perpetuated in health care settings; explore how the language clinicians routinely use may be considered judgmental, exclusionary, or patronizing; and consider alternatives. Language is always evolving, and this webinar can help providers and others working in public health communicate more clearly and without stigma.
To accompany this webinar, ASHA created a new resource for providers designed to help them understand stigma and bias, evaluate the language they use in their practice, and look for alternative ways to communicate with patients. This can be found at www.ashasexualhealth.org/word...
Agenda
Opening Discussion on STI Stigma in Health Care Settings
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Director of the Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP)
The Importance of Language in STI Testing and Care
Keosha T. Bond, EdD, MPH, CHES
Public Health professor and Sexual Health Researcher
ASHA’s New Resource
Martha Kempner, MA
Sexual Health Writer and ASHA Consultant
This webinar was supported by an educational grant from Roche Diagnostics.
21 ноя 2023
