BAppSci (Exerc Sport Sci) (Hons), PhD, ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic.
PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Vic.
Aust J Gen Pract. 2024 Sep;53(9):682-685. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-07-23-6906.
Reducing weight stigma in healthcare is critical to supporting and improving the health of people living with overweight or obesity and decreasing the risk of adverse patient outcomes. We were invited as stigma researchers to participate in an online workshop alongside community members, healthcare professionals and policymakers to codesign guidance for reducing weight stigma in healthcare. This workshop prompted us to reflect on why and how weight stigma should be addressed in healthcare, and to provide recommendations for healthcare professionals and policymakers to reduce weight stigma in healthcare.
This paper presents our reflections and recommendations for addressing weight stigma in healthcare following the codesign workshop.
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.
减少医疗保健中的体重歧视对于支持和改善超重或肥胖人群的健康状况以及降低不良患者结局的风险至关重要。我们作为歧视研究人员受邀与社区成员、医疗保健专业人员和政策制定者一起参加在线研讨会，共同设计减少医疗保健中体重歧视的指导方针。这次研讨会促使我们反思为什么以及如何在医疗保健中解决体重歧视问题，并为医疗保健专业人员和政策制定者提供在医疗保健中减少体重歧视的建议。
本文介绍了我们在共同设计研讨会之后针对医疗保健中的体重歧视问题的反思和建议。
建议包括针对个别医疗保健专业人员，并涉及明确、实用的指导方针和培训，利用“不伤害”的概念，改善实践并认识到偏见。重要的是，这些策略必须纳入更广泛的结构方法来减少体重歧视。
