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So what are some strategies that are universal
that we can use to try to stop the stigma?
Because we don't want to lessen it, we want to stop it completely.
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The first thing we need to do is self-analysis and
realize that there is no perfect human being.
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We all have issues that
we're dealing with
whether they're mental or
physical, life issues.
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Life happens to every single human being
is what I like to say, the people.
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Another strategy is the
Hays Addressing Framework.
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What that is is it increases our understanding of how
our power differentials and our social positioning.
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You heard me mention that a lot,
that's how important that is
and how hierarchies create
differing perspectives.
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So, if we're at the top of that food
chain or the top of that hierarchy,
we tend to place ourselves in a
superior special positioning.
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And then we place other
people in these lower spaces
and so if we use that addressing framework
to look at these power differentials,
that does require acknowledgement and it
requires self-analysis to think about
what can I do as an individual to
try to reframe that positioning
and see everybody on an equal playing field while
we also may have different needs or levels of need.
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But as a human being I won't place
myself in a space of superiority.
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If I'm in a healthier mental space
while we're talking about that,
then I should use that to advocate for people who
may not be in the same space and teach them.
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And that doesn't mean you have
to be a health professional.
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If you recognize that someone is struggling,
you should be able to advocate for them
whether you're in a healthcare space or in
an organizational space, but support people.
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The next part of that Hays Addressing Framework is
to understand that there are complex identities.
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So we do have overlapping
of identities,
the intersectionality of all
those different things.
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So let's just say we're from an
underrepresented or marginalized population
and I'm going to use black or LGBTQ or people of
color depending on which population you come from,
but there are lots of different people who are
underrepresented historically marginalized people.
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That's one thing.
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Then an addition to that age plays a factor when
we're talking about race and ethnicity in addition.
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The age then religious affiliation, whatever
your social status is, economic status.
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And I mentioned LGBTQ so
your sexual orientation.
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Whatever your identity is in any type away,
we have several different identities.
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But certain groups experience more of the
stigma and more of the marginalization
and discrimination
than other groups.
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And we do have to acknowledge that
when we're doing that self-analysis
just again we talked about in a
previous segment believing people
when they share those life experiences
with you until you have a reason not to.
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And if you're not on the same page just
to revisit conversations need to happen.
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Constructive conversations
need to happen.
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The next part of that framework would be
encouraging reflection on each aspect of identity.
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So all the things that I talked
about and then when they intersect
how does that intersectionality further
complicate the whole way that we address,
interact, and in the framework of healthcare
how do we treat people in terms of diagnosis,
assessment, treatment,
developing a plan of care
that encompasses all those different
parts of a person's identity.
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Acknowledging those identities should guide how we approach
those healthy interactions with people in any context.
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So again, taking into account that it's
okay to have differing perspectives
which we will based on our differences
in life experiences, lived experiences,
different cultural influences, everything within
our whole being and our sphere of existence.
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And examining how the potential impact
of that multidimensional identity
further marginalizes people and further creates
powerlessness in those different groups.