New study in @DrugAlcoholDep led by @JHSPH_CMAP trainee @elizmstone w/ @JHSPHStigmaLab coauthors @colleenlbarry @mbachmd @AleneKH examines OUD stigma among US primary care physicians and implications for broadening access to medications to treat OUD @JHSPH_HPM @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Our new study - we must finds ways to close this information gap among PCPs. Medications for OUD save lives @JHSPHStigmaLab @JHSPH_CMHAPR @JohnsHopkinsSPH @JHSPH_HPM
Stigma Reduction to Combat the Addiction Crisis — Developing an Evidence Base | NEJM perspective by @JHSPHStigmaLab's @colleenlbarry and Beth McGinty https://t.co/Nqk4MOwHph
@ijdrugpolicy@SachiniBandara@colleenlbarry Highlighting inequities perpetuated by punitive policies as motivation to reform policy may increase public support for eliminating some punitive policies, but may also heighten stigma.
In a new paper in @ijdrugpolicy led by @SachiniBandara with @colleenlbarry, we tested the effects of message frames on stigma towards individuals with felony drug convictions & support for 4 policies: mandatory minimums, ban-the-box, and restrictions on SNAP & public housing
Message framing to reduce stigma and increase support for policies to improve the wellbeing of people with prior drug convictions https://t.co/J1y5TEHRo6
@ijdrugpolicy@SachiniBandara@colleenlbarry Framing as a social justice issue also reduced perceptions that this population could live productive lives following release.
Great to see @JHSPH_HPM faculty member Beth McGinty serving as a technical consultant on addiction stigma at the UN in Vienna. Critical to develop an evidence base for combating stigma of addiction through @JHSPHStigmaLab @JHSPH_CMHAPR @JohnsHopkinsSPH@AmericanHealth
@JHSPHStigmaLab faculty Dr. Beth McGinty is in Vienna this week participating in the UN Technical Consultation on stigma and substance use @colleenlbarry
Then read this second great blog post from Dr. Beth McGinty @JohnsHopkinsSPH on specific steps to take to start reducing the stigma of addiction today. 2/2
https://t.co/Oh0KRdh66c
@colleenlbarry @JHSPH_CMHAPR
Stigma is at the heart of so many challenges related to addiction and overdose.
So what to do?
Check out this @americanhealth blog post from Dr. Beth McGinty @JohnsHopkinsSPH on what works to reduce stigma 1/2
https://t.co/OJ1GObEjWk
@colleenlbarry @JHSPH_CMHAPR
"We need to change the way we view individuals with opioid use disorder and better communicate that medication treatment works and can save lives," says @JHSPH_HPM's @ColleenLBarry about @JohnsHopkinsCCP and @JHSPH_CMHAPR's solutions-oriented "hackathon." https://t.co/bLbvHFtN8b