Supporting healthcare professionals to reduce weight stigma
Recommendations include targeting individual healthcare professionals and involving clear, practical guidelines and training that leverage the notions of 'do no harm', improving practice and recognising biases. Importantly, such strategies must be couched in broader structural approaches to weight stigma reduction.
Authors
- Blake J. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8772-8226)
- Elizabeth Holmes‐Truscott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-4663)
- Joanne A. Rathbone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3910-2648)
- Kelly Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-3162)
- Zanab Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-8029)
- John B. Dixon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-4082)
- Xochitl de la Piedad Garcia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9319-8671)
- James Kite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5500-2538)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Sydney College of Divinity (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Victoria University (AU)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australian Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-07-23-6906
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.59