{"id":3240,"date":"2023-11-06T16:57:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/?page_id=3240"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:42:12","slug":"communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/resources-2\/communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Language matters. When communicating verbally or visually about substance use or incarceration, it&#8217;s important to use respectful and humanizing forms of communication that don&#8217;t perpetuate misleading stereotypes. Below are some resources to help strengthen your communications, marketing and language when discussing justice-involved or at-risk populations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1256\/2024\/10\/Stop-the-Stigma-FINAL-Condensed-10.7.2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stop The Stigma<\/a> (NCDHHS: Injury and Violence Prevention Branch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1256\/2023\/11\/Tip-Sheet-Language-and-OUD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tip Sheet: Language and OUD<\/a> (Duke Social Work)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1256\/2023\/11\/Words-Matter-Language-Guide-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Words Matter! Language Statement &amp; Reference Guide<\/a> (International Network of People Who Use Drugs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1256\/2023\/11\/ADF_Guidance-for-nonstigmatizing-langauge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guidance for Using Non-Stigmatizing Imagery for Substance Use Disorders and Justice Involvement<\/a> (Addiction Policy Forum and The HEAL Initiative)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1256\/2024\/05\/2023-Meaningful-Engagement-of-People-With-Lived-Experience-Toolkit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experience<\/a> (Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, National Survivor Network)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Language matters. When communicating verbally or visually about substance use or incarceration, it&#8217;s important to use respectful and humanizing forms of communication that don&#8217;t perpetuate misleading stereotypes. Below are some resources to help strengthen your communications, marketing and language when discussing justice-involved or at-risk populations. Stop The Stigma (NCDHHS: Injury and Violence Prevention Branch) Tip &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/resources-2\/communication\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Communication\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115708,"featured_media":3636,"parent":2337,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3240","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4341,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3240\/revisions\/4341"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}