About this action

Traditional anti-stigma training often fails to create lasting change. Patient-led approaches drawing on lived experience of stigma create more powerful learning that transforms attitudes and behaviours. Approaches to implementation: - Recruit patients with lived experience of health-related stigma - Support them to co-design anti-stigma initiatives - Create safe spaces for sharing stigma experiences - Develop staff trainign that is patient-led - Use creative methods including storytelling and arts - Ensure patient leaders are properly compensated - Evaluate impact on staff attitudes and patient experience - Build network of anti-stigma champions Key benefits: Creates authentic, powerful anti-stigma interventions that transform practice culture through the authority of lived experience.