Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequalities
Hatzenbuehler ML, Phelan JC, Link BG. Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequalities. Am J Public Health. 2013 May;103(5):813-21. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301069. Epub 2013 Mar 14. PMID: 23488505; PMCID: ...
ACPA Stanford Guide
The ACPA Stanford Guide (200 page PDF) is a collaboration with Stanford University; it is a comprehensive publication on all aspects of pain and pain management that was updated in ...
International Association for the Study of Pain
Collection of fact sheets, toolkits, guidelines for clinicians; information for patients living with chronic pain.
UCSF’s Provider Resources for Pain Management
Toolkit for provider resources related to pain management.
A systematic review of stigma interventions for providers who treat patients with substance use disorders
Systematic literature review: found six types of provider focused stigma interventions with components including online education, in-person education, in-person contact with consumers in recovery, or some combination of these elements. ...
The Impact of Stigma on People with Opioid Use Disorder
This narrative review discusses how opioid-related stigma impacts treatment provision and harm reduction; it provides potential strategies to reduce stigma at a social and structural level. Cheetham, A., Picco, L., ...
Ambiguous identities of drugs and people: a scoping review of opioid-related stigma.
A scoping review of the academic literature to develop a typology of opioid-related stigma. Four themes were found and explored: (1) interpersonal and structural stigma toward people accessing opioid agonist ...
Knowledge of medications for opioid use disorder and associated stigma among primary care professionals
This survey of primary care providers found that MOUD knowledge was higher among physicians as compared to nurse practitioners and physician associates and found that lower MOUD knowledge was associated ...
The role of stigma in US primary care physicians’ treatment of opioid use disorder
This national survey of U.S. primary care physicians found that greater stigma was associated with an 11 percentage point lower likelihood that PCPs prescribed OUD medication and lower support for ...
Barriers to Medications for Addiction Treatment: How Stigma Kills
This narrative article explores how stigma is a major driver behind the lack of access to opioid agonist therapy.
I’m Still a Person – Stigma Workbook
An interactive workbook created to help give people the knowledge required to address substance use-related stigma within themselves, their families, and their communities.Webinars on Stigma and OUD
CDC: Overdose Prevention
The CDC has national information related to the opioid epidemic and a wealth of resources for providers.