The deconstruction of stigma in the formative processes in the area of alcohol and other drugs: pedagogical strategies and possible results

• Grant number: 19/09203-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2019
• End date: July 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health
• Principal Investigator: Ana Regina Noto
• Grantee: Giulia Trigo de Lima
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/19472-5 - Innovative interventions related to alcohol consumption problems in Brazil: search for new approaches aimed at an old public health issue, AP.TEM

Abstract

The stigma and prejudice of professionals about the use of alcohol and other drugs and the users of these substances affect professional practice, quality of care, adherence to treatment and prevention. The formative processes in the area can contribute to the deconstruction of the stigma and change the behavior of the participants during and after the courses, resulting in possible practices that best respond to user’s demands.