ArticleDesign for health (Abingdon, England)2024
Erasing stigmas through storytelling: why interactive storytelling environments could reduce health-related stigmas.
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- From language matters to stigma-free communication in diabetes: Evolution, challenges, and next steps.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026Review
- From local challenges to local solutions: Insights from the 2025 Diabetes Summit Innovation Showcase.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026Article
- Experiences of stigma and violence among persons affected by skin neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): longitudinal analysis from an integrated intervention in Liberia.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Prioritizing Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Uptake Among Black Cisgender Women: Key Factors Identified Through Nominal Group Technique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Reducing Stigma, Enhancing Psychological Well-Being and Identity in Multiple Sclerosis: A Narrative Review of Current Practices and Future Directions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- "Dental team-based education" Dental team perspectives and experiences about weight stigma: a qualitative analysis.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Sharing is healing: The power of storytelling to transform mental health in the field of neglected tropical diseases.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
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Abstract
In this article we describe how designers can apply storytelling to reduce health-related stigmas. Stigma is a pervasive problem for people with illnesses, such as obesity, and it can persistently hinder coping, treatment, recovery, and prevention. Reducing health-related stigma is complex because it is multi-layered and self-perpetuating, leading to intertwined vicious circles. Interactive storytelling environments can break these vicious circles by delimiting the narrative freedom of stigma actors. We theoretically explain the potential of interactive storytelling environments to reduce stigma through the following seven functions: 1) expose participants to other perspectives, 2) provide a protective frame, 3) intervene in daily conversations, 4) persuade all stigma actors, 5) exchange alternative understandings, 6) elicit understanding and support for stigma victims, and 7) support stigma victims to cope with stigmatization. We elaborate on these functions through a demonstration of an interactive storytelling environment against weight stigma. In conclusion, this article is a call on designers for health and wellbeing, scientists, and practitioners from various disciplines to be sensitive to the pervasiveness of stigma and to collaboratively create destigmatizing storytelling environments.
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