Anti-Stigma Education and Training
Stigma about opioid use disorder from the general community, healthcare providers, lawmakers, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system can be an inadvertent or undue barrier to treatment. Also, self-stigma from those living with opioid use disorder can deter an individual’s desire to seek treatment. Stigma is not always an easy topic to discuss. It can be rooted in a community’s culture with many layers to uncover.
Anti-Stigma Education and Training offers a conversational style to help uncover where a person’s personal and community attitudes about opioid use disorder originate.
If you would like to learn more about setting up a training or conversation on stigma in a non-judgmental environment for yourself or your organization, please contact Larry Hinojos at larry@bchealthcouncil.org.
