{"id":87286,"date":"2025-06-18T14:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=87286"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:36:08","slug":"stigma-cultures-in-health-care-scale","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/stigma-cultures-in-health-care-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Stigma Cultures in Health Care Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Stigma Cultures in Health Care Scale <\/strong>(SCHCS)<sup>1 <\/sup>was developed as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/structural-stigma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">larger project<\/a>, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), initiated in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">This scale was designed to capture stigma cultures in\u00a0<strong>any health-care setting\u00a0<\/strong>(including family doctors\u2019 offices, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and hospitals) where people with me<\/span>ntal health and\/or substance use (MHSU) concerns may seek care. It is a 23\u2011item unidimensional scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SCHCS was designed to capture stigma experiences specifically from the perspective of service users. Scale development and testing followed best practice guidelines, including participation of people with lived and living experience of mental health and substance use disorders and family members (PWLLE) in the development process. More information about the development and testing of the SCHCS can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00127-024-02780-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Stuart, H., Knaak, S. Measuring aspects of stigma cultures in healthcare settings. <em>Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology <\/em>(2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00127-024-02780-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00127-024-02780-5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stigma Cultures in Health Care Scale (SCHCS)1 was developed as part of a larger project, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), initiated in 2019. 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