This resource, developed in partnership with the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, explains the important role of privacy and confidentiality in reducing stigma and discrimination related to STBBIs, and offers frontline health and social service providers several strategies they can use to deal with issues related to privacy, confidentiality, the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure and stigma reduction. It is designed in a questionanswer format for use by health and social service providers including physicians, social workers, health educators, nurses and volunteers. The information contained in this resource will assist service providers in: · understanding their obligations related to privacy and confidentiality:
- understanding their obligations related to privacy and confidentiality;
- understanding the issues their clients face that contribute to stigma and discrimination (e.g., the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure);
- offering respectful and appropriate care; and
- dealing with difficult dilemmas such as balancing confidentiality with protecting others or public health.