blog.aids.gov − Words Matter: Communicating to End HIV-Related Stigma

blog.aids.gov − Words Matter: Communicating to End HIV-Related Stigma

Words Matter: Communicating to End HIV-Related Stigma

March 14, 2016 :: AIDS.gov Blog

Words matter. They can motivate, empower, and lift people up. They can also do a great deal of damage and tear people down. I was reminded of this in many different ways at the meeting on HIV stigma that the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently held at the White House. What really stayed with me afterwards is the power that words have to create stigma in the daily lives of people with HIV. [READ MORE]