Addressing Stigma Through Social Inclusion

Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy

SIDE is a UK-based research project investigating the social benefits of digital technologies for marginalized social groups. The Creative Media Group works in particular with creative practices and young people, with a twofold research focus: the fostering of engagement through digital creativity, and the support of youth-led innovation with digital technologies. This paper describes the aims ...

"Doing" social inclusion with ELSiTO: empowering learning for social inclusion through occupation.

OBJECTIVES The European partnership ELSiTO aimed to develop understanding of the nature and processes of social inclusion for persons experiencing mental illness. PARTICIPANTS Partners were from Belgium, Greece and The Netherlands with over 30 members including mental health service users, occupational therapists and other staff. APPROACH A knowledge-creation learning process was used durin...

Addressing stigma to strengthen psychiatric education.

Neuropsychiatric disorders are recognized by the World Health Organization as the most important cause of disability, accounting for approximately one-third of years lost due to disability (YLD) among individuals age 15-andover, across gender and income, around the world (1). Unipolar depressive disorders alone are the third-largest contributor to global burden of disease, and the first in midd...

Strategies for Addressing HIV / AIDS - Related Stigma

Addressing HIV stigma in protected medical settings.

Previous studies suggest that the implementation of universal precaution (UP) plays a role in reducing HIV stigma. In this study we investigate the efficacy of a stigma reduction intervention on UP compliance and explore whether UP compliance could potentially influence HIV stigma reduction in medical settings. A randomized controlled intervention trial was conducted in two provinces of China w...