To avoid stigmatization, public health professionals must exercise vigilance in two key areas: first, in the very design of their interventions, and second, in their day-to-day practice.

Ireps Languedoc-Roussillon is developing a program aimed at raising awareness among young people, education, social services, and healthcare professionals, as well as institutions, about...

Managing obesity is often an uphill battle, marked by a lack of information and stigmatization, which only adds to the psychological and physical suffering of overweight individuals....

Alerted by interventions by professionals that risked stigmatizing young people in school settings (weighing students, organizing weight-loss contests), the Montérégie Public Health...

In Quebec, recent studies show an increase in problems related to excess weight, as well as the risks posed by excessive concern about weight, whether justified or not. For the...

"No one is more concerned with social norms than teenagers," explains psychologist Dominique Berger. At school, teenagers blend into a "clique" to which they belong. Those who remain on...

Stigma surrounding mental health has a significant impact on the daily lives of those affected. While societal perceptions of mental illness have evolved over the past few decades,...

Numerous programs and campaigns aimed at combating stigma have been developed and evaluated. The findings indicate that communication campaigns have not demonstrated significant effects,...

The goal of therapeutic education is to improve the quality of life for patients with chronic conditions by taking their expectations and needs into account. Paradoxically, as the...

When the HIV virus was discovered in the 1980s, people living with the virus faced severe stigma. The advocacy movement was formed precisely to combat this stigma. Thirty years later,...