ANSIRH presentations and webinars

Recent presentations, webinars, and grand rounds by ANSIRH staff (note that these are large video files and will take several minutes to load):

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Abortion Stigma Webinar Series

ANSIRH & Ipas

February–June, 2013

ANSIRH and Ipas are collaborating to host a monthly discussion with global and domestic experts on HIV, stigma, sexual stigma, and abortion stigma from February–June 2013. The stigma surrounding abortion plays a critical role in the social, medical, and legal marginalization of abortion care around the world. Stigma shames and silences women seeking abortions and providers, and is a major contributor to unsafe and often lethal conditions for women. Though stigma is pervasive and threatens women, it is only just beginning to be well understood. Speakers in these webinars provide frameworks for understanding stigma, a variety of tools for measuring stigma, and innovative ideas for reducing stigma worldwide.

The first four webinars, held in February through May, are posted below. Register for the next webinar (see schedule below) or contact Rebecca Michelson for more information.

Abortion Stigma Webinar #4:
Getting past “homophobia”—Thinking more clearly about stigma, prejudice, and sexual orientation

Gregory M. Herek, PhD

May 14, 2013

Professor Gregory Herek, psychologist at UC Davis, introduced his conceptualization of Sexual Stigma (stigma based on minority sexual orientation) and discussed how this conceptualization informs stigma measurement. He also explored the application of Contact Theory and described how contact between heterosexuals and sexual minority individuals is associated with reductions in sexual prejudice.

Abortion Stigma Webinar #3:
Reducing mental health stigma

Patrick Corrigan, PsyD

April 9, 2013

Professor Patrick Corrigan, psychologist at Illinois Institute of Technology, presented his work on promising practices for reducing mental health stigma and his “Coming Out Proud” program. Special guest Renee Bracey-Sherman contributed her personal story of coming out about abortion. A recorded version of the webinar is unavailable, but these links provide more information:

Abortion Stigma Webinar #2:
Stigma, contact, and connection

Kate Cockrill, MPH

March 12, 2013

Kate Cockrill from ANSIRH presents her work on individual-level abortion stigma and findings from her recent study exploring how book clubs can help to reduce abortion stigma in the United States.

The video is in two parts. View the intro first and then the rest of the webinar below.

Abortion Stigma Webinar #1:
Understanding and addressing abortion stigma

Leila Hessini, MA, MPH; Kristen M. Shellenberg, PhD, MPH

February 12, 2013

Leila Hessini and Kristen Shellenberg from Ipas present their conceptual model for stigma and provide an overview of their ongoing work on abortion stigma, including their recently developed scale to measure stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs and actions towards women who have an abortion.

Upcoming webinars include:

JUNE 11, 2013: TBA.

The experience of seeking and receiving or being denied an abortion in the United States

Diana Greene Foster, PhD

December 13, 2011

Video starts at about the 8:45 mark

Mobilizing scientific arguments in the abortion debate

Tracy Weitz, PhD, MPA

November 29, 2011

Video starts at about the 8:40 mark

Training and evaluating nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physician assistants as providers of early aspiration abortion in California

Tracy Weitz, PhD, MPA

November 30, 2010

Video starts at about the 1:50 mark

To contact any of these presenters, use the contact information on the staff page.

For reproductive health news, see ANSIRH’s blog.