Reducing Stigma, Emphasising Humanity: new report
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 5th October 2022
The Health and Social Care Academy, Self Management and Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm programmes have published a new report on stigma.
How can we reduce stigma in Scotland?
“We must connect with one another, regulate corporate profiteering from stigma, have open, honest discourse at all societal levels, and develop policies and systems which understand and support people.”
Recognising the prevalence of stigma, three ALLIANCE programmes collaborated to explore this topic in greater detail through the event series “Reducing Stigma, Emphasising Humanity”. This series explored people’s experiences, key learning, current work being done to tackle stigma and practical tools, tips and resources for this.
The ALLIANCE’s new report, “Awareness must lead to action” summarises the learning generated through this series and highlights five key areas for action:
- Encourage and facilitate open conversations across society to speak about stigma and shame
- Co-produce anti stigma work and campaigns with people with lived experience
- Provide anti stigma training to individuals and health and social care professionals
- Underpin anti stigma engagement work with a human rights and equalities approach
- Prevent stigma by addressing its perpetuation
The full report and recommendations are available to read below.
“Awareness must lead to action” has been developed and published by the ALLIANCE’s Health and Social Care Academy, Self Management and Scotland Reducing Gambling Harm programmes.
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