Volume 8, Issue 2

Stigma and HIV Care in LGBTQ+ Persons

In this issue:

Stigma. What is it, and where does it come from? How do LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly those with HIV, experience it? How does stigma affect their mental health? What effect does it have on their engagement in HIV care? What do health care providers need to change to minimize stigma in their practices? 

These are some of the questions advanced practice nurse Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth, discusses in this issue of eHIV Review. 

Learning objectives:

  • Describe the mental health effects of stigma in the LGBTQ+ community and how they affect engagement in HIV care.  
  • Explain the effect of affirmation and empowerment interventions to increase engagement in HIV care among the LGBTQ+ population.  

Author:

Dallas Ducar, MSN, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNL, FAAN
Dallas Ducar, MSN, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNL, FAAN

Chief Executive Officer, Transhealth
Faculty, Columbia University, Northeastern University, Universityof Virginia, the MGH Institute for Health Professions
(she/he/hers)

Program Directors:

Ethel D. Weld, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Division of Infectious Diseases
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
(she/her/hers)

Matthew Spinelli, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor
HIV, ID, and Global Medicine
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California
(he/him/his)

Justin Alves, RN, FNP-BC, ACRN, CARN, CNE

Nurse Educator
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
(he/him/his)

Length of activity:

0.5 hour Physicians
0.5 contact hour Nurses

Launch date: January 12, 2023
Expiration date: January 11, 2025