Slide 1: Battle Towards Stigma — Easy methods to Speak About HIV
Stigma hurts, however your phrases can heal. This fast information will train you what to say to assist break the stigma.
Slide 2: What’s HIV stigma?
What’s HIV stigma?
Damaging attitudes and beliefs about individuals with HIV.
How does stigma damage?
Stigma usually results in discrimination.
Stigma makes individuals really feel remoted and ashamed, and may hold them from getting the assistance they want.
Slide 3: Ladies and HIV
- 1 in 4 individuals dwelling with HIV within the U.S. are girls.
- Of girls dwelling with HIV within the U.S., girls of shade have the very best charges of HIV-related deaths.
- Ladies of all ages, races and ethnicities can get HIV.
Lowering stigma can encourage girls to achieve out to get the care they want.
Slide 4: What to say: HIV fundamentals
HIV means human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can result in AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
Don’t say: AIDS when referring to the human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus
As a substitute, say: HIV
💬 Do you know HIV may be managed with the appropriate medical care?
Slide 5: What to say: Actual individuals
An individual is rather more than a medical analysis.
Don’t say: Sufferers, victims, victims, contaminated, sick, positives, HIVers, carriers
As a substitute, say: Individuals/individual with HIV, individuals/individual with AIDS, individuals/individual dwelling with HIV and/or AIDS
💬 There are many ways in which individuals dwelling with HIV can defend their companions.
Slide 6: What to say: Associates, not enemies
Stigmatizing language turns individuals towards one another. Use your phrases to interrupt down obstacles.
Don’t say: To battle HIV and/or AIDS, conflict towards HIV/AIDS, catch or go on HIV
As a substitute, say: Response to HIV and AIDS, be recognized with, purchase or transmit HIV
💬 Consciousness is an enormous a part of the response to HIV and AIDS.
Slide 7: What to say: Exact is sweet
Exact phrases are higher for sharing correct info.
Don’t say: Unprotected intercourse
As a substitute, say: Intercourse and not using a condom
💬 Having intercourse and not using a condom can put you in danger for getting HIV.
Slide 8: What to say: Be actual about danger
Being common about danger can result in blame the place it doesn’t belong.
Don’t say: Danger, dangerous habits, high-risk teams, drug customers
As a substitute, say: Populations with a excessive [rate], individuals with [specific] danger components, individuals who inject medicine
💬 Individuals who inject medicine are at excessive danger of getting HIV.
Slide 9: What to say: Undetectable = Untransmittable
If you happen to’re being handled for HIV and your viral hundreds are undetectable, you can’t transmit the virus by way of intercourse.
Don’t say: If you happen to’re not contaminated with HIV, you possibly can’t transmit the virus
As a substitute, say: Individuals who have an undetectable viral load don’t transmit the an infection by way of intercourse
💬 Individuals with undetectable viral hundreds can’t transmit the virus by way of intercourse.
Slide 10: Communicate towards stigma
The phrases we are saying matter.
Study HIV fundamentals so you realize the details.
Select language that breaks stigma.
And communicate up about what you realize.
This useful resource was created with assist from Gilead.
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