Health Stigma and Discrimination: A Global, Cross-cutting Research Approach

Health Stigma and Discrimination: A Global, Cross-cutting Research ApproachMay 9, 2019 Speaker(s): Anne Stangl, PhD Senior Behavioral Scientist International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Bernice Pescosolido, PhD Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology Indiana University Laura Nyblade, PhD Fellow and Senior Technical Advisor, Stigma and Discrimination RTI International Deepa Rao, PhD Associate Professor, Global Health, and Associate Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington Gregory Greenwood, PhD, MPH Program Officer, Division of AIDS Research National institute of Mental Health Moderator(s): Valerie Earnshaw, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Sciences University of Delaware Nalini Anand, JD, MPH Director, Division of International Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation, and Director, Center for Global Health Studies NIH Fogarty International Center Arianne Malekzadeh, MA Global Health Research and Policy Analyst (Contractor), Division of International Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation NIH Fogarty International Center Overview: This webinar highlights findings from several articles on global health stigma and discrimination that was published as a “Collection on Stigma Research and Global Health” in BMC Medicine in February 2019. Valerie Earnshaw provided a brief overview of the June 2017 workshop that FIC hosted along with several NIH ICs including NIMH. The workshop “The Science of Stigma Reduction: New Directions for Research to Improve Health” convened U.S. and low- and middle-income country (LMIC) researchers focused on reducing health-related stigma across disease areas (e.g., mental illness, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and cancer), populations, and settings. As an outcome of this meeting, participant teams developed nine publications that further examined the major themes in stigma research and global health. To build upon the momentum and enthusiasm that the stigma workshop and subsequent publications generated for this cross-cutting research agenda both within the NIH and among the broader research community, FIC and NIMH hosted a Stigma Collection Launch Meeting webinar. Select authors of the Collection presented the major findings from their articles and participated in a discussion with attendees about potential next steps for this project. Presenters highlighted mental health issues and utilized mental health-related examples where appropriate.