Addressing Stigma: Towards a More Inclusive Health System
Posted:
2020-02-25
The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada in 2019 includes information about trends and the need to provide trusted, evidence-based information to Canadians. The report summarizes Canadian health status in terms of mental illness, substance use, tuberculosis, HIV, obesity, vaccine coverage, sexually transmitted infections, youth vaping, youth cigarette smoking and the opioid crisis. The report also addresses stigma that affects health including stigma experienced by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, African, Caribbean and Black Canadians, seniors and members of the LGBTQ2+ people.
The report was developed based on stakeholder engagement and evidence reviews conducted of social and health science databases. Interviews and discussions involved >90 leaders from across Canada, which included individuals with lived experience, policy-makers, researchers, clinicians and administrators. It presents a new Action Framework for Building an Inclusive Health System to explore how stigma can be addressed.
See Additional Content: Weight Stigma Background.