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Concurrent Session 4B: Trialling a universal precautions approach to stigma reduction in health care

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Friday, August 2, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Betbiyan 3 & Bundirrik 4

Details

This symposium will outline and present some preliminary data from a project that seeks to trial a ‘universal precautions’ approach to stigma reduction; whereby health systems would assume that all people who enter a health service might be fearful of being treated negatively or excluded in some way. This is a new and novel intervention to be trialled in various health services across Australia.


Speaker

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Professor Carla Treloar
Scientia Professor, Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre
UNSW Sydney

Introduction to a universal precautions approach to stigma reduction in health care

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM

Biography

Carla Treloar is Scientia Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW, Sydney.
Dr Elena Cama
Research Fellow
Centre For Social Research In Health, UNSW Sydney

Acceptability of a universal precautions approach to stigma reduction in health care among key stakeholders

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Dr Elena Cama is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney. Her research focuses on experiences, impacts, and responses to stigma and discrimination among people affected by blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections.
Ms Emily Lenton
Research Officer
La Trobe

Key informant and healthcare workers: Priority areas for stigma interventions

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Biography

Emily Lenton is a Research and Project Officer at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, working on the design and implementation of qualitative projects that seek to improve the lives of people affected by BBV/STIs.
Dr Caitlin Douglass
Researcher
Burnet Institute

Developing a universal precautions approach to stigma reduction in health care: insights from a co-creation workshop with key stakeholders

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM

Biography

Caitlin is a senior research officer at the Burnet Institute in the implementation science working group. She has experience conducting studies with people who inject drugs and young people. Currently she works on projects that focus on hepatitis C testing and treatment and co-designing interventions to reduce stigma in healthcare.
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Questions & Discussion

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM

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Chairperson

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John Gobeil
CEO
AIVL

Emma Pagett
Research Officer
Unsw / Kirby Institute

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