Infectious Diseases and Identities: Recognizing and Reducing Stigma in Public Health
How can expanding your understanding of infectious diseases reduce stigma and improve equitable public health outcomes?
Course Information
- Audience: Public Health Professionals, Public Health Nurses, Community Health Workers
- Format: Self-paced
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours:
Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: 08122020 .
If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies:
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills,
Communication Skills,
Cultural Competency Skills - Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion trainings: Mpox: A World Health Issue
- Pre-requisites: None
- Technical Requirements: None
- Supplemental Materials Reflection guide within course
About this course
This course offers a deep dive into the complex relationships between stigma, identities, and infectious diseases, exploring how language, and societal attitudes have shifted through time. You'll learn to recognize the impact of stigma not only on public health but also on individual practices, as people may avoid disclosure when they don’t feel accepted. Through an applied lens, this course will help you identify biases, challenge harmful messaging, and improve public health campaigns by fostering inclusivity.
Whether you aim to educate yourself or others, this course empowers you to be part of a movement towards more compassionate and effective health communication.
Learning objectives
After completing the training, you will be able to:
- Understand how stigma affects health behaviors and outcomes.
- Identify and address implicit biases in public health practices.
- Explore inclusive language for effective health messaging
- Develop strategies to foster inclusivity and reduce stigma.
Subject Matter Expert
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Tom Carpino, MPH
Gordis Teaching Fellow, PhD Candidate,
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, John Hopkins University
Tom Carpino is a teaching fellow and PhD candidate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University and is supported by the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (F31AI178878) to study the epidemiology of mpox in the US. He has a wide set of research interests which includes stigma, emerging infections and outbreaks, and STIs in diverse communities. He is a member of Hopkins’ Center for Public Health and Human Rights.
Prior to his PhD, he earned an MPH from Columbia University in biostatistics and was a co-investigator on several projects to study topics ranging from HIV and Covid-19 to health systems more broadly.
Enrollment and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for the course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement:
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH