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Weight Bias in Healthcare

How to Combat Weight Bias in Healthcare

Resources

Articles

  • Skoko Rodriguez M, Thompson JA, Carter B, Wallace R, Riley K, Johnson R. Improving Weight Bias Awareness Among Providers in the Sexual and Reproductive Health care Setting. Health Equity. 2024 Jul 1;8(1):461-468. doi: 10.1089/heq.2024.0096. PMID: 39011072; PMCID: PMC11249127.
     
  • Olson SM, Muñoz EG, Solis EC, Bradford HM. Mitigating Weight Bias in the Clinical Setting: A New Approach to Care. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2024 Mar-Apr;69(2):180-190. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13578. Epub 2023 Dec 12. PMID: 38087862.
     
  • Phelan SM, Burgess DJ, Yeazel MW, Hellerstedt WL, Griffin JM, van Ryn M. Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity. Obes Rev 2015;16(4):319‐326. doi:10.1111/obr.12266

 

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Articles

  • Eichenberg TB, Parikh S, Cox J, Doshi D, Padilla-Register M, DallaPiazza M. An Educational Session for Medical Students Exploring Weight Bias in Clinical Care Through the Lens of Body Diversity. MedEdPORTAL. 2023 Sep 5;19:11342. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11342. PMID: 37674530; PMCID: PMC10477274.
  • Harwood, A., Carter, D., & Eliott, J. (2022). A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma. Journal of bioethical inquiry19(3), 511–520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-022-10199-3