Module Category: Health Equity

Addressing Stigma and Stigmatizing Language in the Workplace

Stigma is one of the biggest challenges in HIV prevention and care. The negative, often subliminal, impact of stigmatizing language can leave people living with HIV feeling “less-than.” Stigmatization can be eliminated through the combined efforts of clinical and non-clinical staff, the community, and even patients by learning and integrating improved terminology.
This thought-provoking webinar addresses stigmatizing language used when talking about HIV, mental health, and substance use disorders and how this language perpetuates bias in the workplace.

The Sum of the Parts—Intersectionality and Health

Using intersectionality as an analytic lens highlights the multiple nature of individual identities and how varying combinations of class, gender, race, sexuality, and citizenship categories can differentially affect the health outcomes of individuals. This webinar discusses overlapping identities and experiences that can affect health outcomes and strategies for achieving health equity.