Initial Implementation
Stigma Survey Workgroup
Developing the Survey Instrument
Decide what kind of stigma to measure
Find existing measures of stigma
Create a draft survey instrument using validated measures
Finialize the instrument to ensure relevance to the communities
Survey the Community
Community Engagement Workgroup
Creating Content to Encourage Participation
Use current assets to decide what kind of community engagement needed to happen
Develop community engagement materials including a press release template, flyers, postcards, magnets, and social media posts
Finalize materials and share with the larger stigma work group
Share Content
After developing a plan to collect data to further inform stigma manifestation, the stigma workgroup further split into two smaller working groups. These smaller groups continued to meet weekly to develop the items necessary for implementing the survey including the survey itself and community engagement materials.