Stigma & Bias - Are You Guilty? Addressing What No One Wants to Admit.

A dive into stigma and bias and how it effects the chronic illness of a substance use disorder. This lecture will look at the historical and current standpoints of stigma and bias and help to unravel how you can improve outcomes by changing your language around substance use disorder and calling in those around you to do the same.

Jasmin E. Charles, PA-C, MS is a certified Physician Associate, is the Clinical Director of SUPeRAD (Substance Use & Pregnancy, Recovery, Addiction, Dependence) clinic; a specialty prenatal clinic for individuals of childbearing age with any form of a substance use disorder. SUPeRAD clinic is located in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Utah where Jasmin has the appointment of Adjunct Assistant Professor. She is also a Medical Clinician on several NIDA funded research trials for PARCKA (Program of Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, Advocacy) in the Division of Epidemiology; Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah where she has a special interest in research with pregnant and postpartum people.