et al
Publication Date
2011
30 p, ill
"This guide is part of a series of four Guides to reduce stigma. The guides are for all managers, health and social workers and service staff who have to deal with stigma in leprosy and other health conditions. These Guides provide evidence-based and best-practice information from different disciplines, and recommendations for field workers on how to reduce stigma against and among affected persons and in the community...The third Guide provides recommendations on how to develop an approach for reducing stigma. Through the use of a roadmap, several steps are discussed for reducing stigma related to a particular health condition"
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; attitudinal barriers; awareness raising; policy; Disability and community; community; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Education; formal education; Health; diseases: communicable diseases (CD); leprosy; mental health; systems: leadership and governance; treatment and prevention; Human rights; rights; Inclusion; empowerment; exclusion and discrimination; Rehabilitation; community-based rehabilitation; therapeutic (treatment)