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Speight J, Holmes-Truscott E, Garza M, Scibilia R, Wagner S, Kato A, Pedrero V, Deschênes S, Guzman SJ, Joiner KL, Liu S, Willaing I, Babbott KM, Cleal B, Dickinson JK, Halliday JA, Morrissey EC, Nefs G, O'Donnell S, Serlachius A, Winterdijk P, Alzubaidi H, Arifin B, Cambron-Kopco L, Santa Ana C, Davidsen E, de Groot M, de Wit M, Deroze P, Haack S, Holt RIG, Jensen W, Khunti K, Kragelund Nielsen K, Lathia T, Lee CJ, McNulty B, Naranjo D, Pearl RL, Prinjha S, Puhl RM, Sabidi A, Selvan C, Sethi J, Seyam M, Sturt J, Subramaniam M, Terkildsen Maindal H, Valentine V, Vallis M, Skinner TC. Bringing an end to diabetes stigma and discrimination: an international consensus statement on evidence and recommendations. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2024; 12:61-82. [PMID: 38128969 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(23)00347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
Abstract
People with diabetes often encounter stigma (ie, negative social judgments, stereotypes, prejudice), which can adversely affect emotional, mental, and physical health; self-care, access to optimal health care; and social and professional opportunities. To accelerate an end to diabetes stigma and discrimination, an international multidisciplinary expert panel (n=51 members, from 18 countries) conducted rapid reviews and participated in a three-round Delphi survey process. We achieved consensus on 25 statements of evidence and 24 statements of recommendations. The consensus is that diabetes stigma is driven primarily by blame, perceptions of burden or sickness, invisibility, and fear or disgust. On average, four in five adults with diabetes experience diabetes stigma and one in five experience discrimination (ie, unfair and prejudicial treatment) due to diabetes, such as in health care, education, and employment. Diabetes stigma and discrimination are harmful, unacceptable, unethical, and counterproductive. Collective leadership is needed to proactively challenge, and bring an end to, diabetes stigma and discrimination. Consequently, we achieved unanimous consensus on a pledge to end diabetes stigma and discrimination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jane Speight
- School of Psychology and Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia; The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
| | - Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
- School of Psychology and Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia; The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
| | | | - Renza Scibilia
- Diabetogenic, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; JDRF International, New York, NY, USA
| | - Sabina Wagner
- Department of Prevention, Health Promotions & Community Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Asuka Kato
- Department of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Victor Pedrero
- Faculty of Nursing, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
| | - Sonya Deschênes
- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
| | | | - Kevin L Joiner
- Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Shengxin Liu
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
| | - Ingrid Willaing
- Department of Prevention, Health Promotions & Community Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute of Public Health, Department of Health Services Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Katie M Babbott
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Bryan Cleal
- Department of Prevention, Health Promotions & Community Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Jane K Dickinson
- Department of Health Studies & Applied Educational Psychology, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
| | - Jennifer A Halliday
- School of Psychology and Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia; The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
| | - Eimear C Morrissey
- Health Behavior Change Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
| | - Giesje Nefs
- Department of Medical Psychology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Center of Research on Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands; Diabeter, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Care and Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands
| | - Shane O'Donnell
- Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
| | - Anna Serlachius
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Per Winterdijk
- Diabeter, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Care and Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands
| | - Hamzah Alzubaidi
- College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
| | - Bustanul Arifin
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Prevention, Health Promotions & Community Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Mary de Groot
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
| | - Maartje de Wit
- Medical Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
| | | | - Kamlesh Khunti
- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
| | - Karoline Kragelund Nielsen
- Department of Prevention, Health Promotions & Community Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Tejal Lathia
- Department of Endocrinology, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, India
| | | | | | - Diana Naranjo
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
| | - Rebecca L Pearl
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
| | - Suman Prinjha
- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
| | - Rebecca M Puhl
- Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
| | | | - Chitra Selvan
- Department of Endocrinology, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru, India
| | - Jazz Sethi
- The Diabesties Foundation, Ahmedabad, India
| | - Mohammed Seyam
- Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Abu Dis, Palestine
| | - Jackie Sturt
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK
| | - Mythily Subramaniam
- Institute of Mental Health Singapore, Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University Singapore, Singapore
| | - Helle Terkildsen Maindal
- Department of Prevention, Health Promotions & Community Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | | | - Michael Vallis
- Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
| | - Timothy C Skinner
- The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Flora Hill, VIC, Australia; Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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