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Weight bias and health care utilization: a scoping review.

Author(s): Alberga AS, Edache IY, Forhan M, Russell-Mayhew S

Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2019 Jul 22;20:e116 Authors: Alberga AS, Edache IY, Forhan M, Russell-Mayhew S

Article GUID: 32800008
Examining Weight Bias among Practicing Canadian Family Physicians.

Author(s): Alberga AS, Nutter S, MacInnis C, Ellard JH, Russell-Mayhew S

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Article GUID: 31707395
Understanding low adherence to an exercise program for adolescents with obesity: the HEARTY trial.

Author(s): Alberga AS, Sigal RJ, Sweet SN, Doucette S, Russell-Mayhew S, Tulloch H, Kenny GP, Prud'homme D, Hadjiyannakis S, Goldfield GS

Obes Sci Pract. 2019 Oct;5(5):437-448 Authors: Alberga AS, Sigal RJ, Sweet SN, Doucette S, Russell-Mayhew S, Tulloch H, Kenny GP, Prud'homme D, Hadjiyannakis S, Goldfield GS

Article GUID: 31687168
Addressing weight bias and discrimination: moving beyond raising awareness to creating change.

Author(s): Ramos Salas X, Alberga AS, Cameron E, Estey L, Forhan M, Kirk SFL, Russell-Mayhew S, Sharma AM

Obes Rev. 2017 11;18(11):1323-1335 Authors: Ramos Salas X, Alberga AS, Cameron E, Estey L, Forhan M, Kirk SFL, Russell-Mayhew S, Sharma AM

Article GUID: 28994243
Framing obesity a disease: Indirect effects of affect and controllability beliefs on weight bias.

Author(s): Nutter S, Alberga AS, MacInnis C, Ellard JH, Russell-Mayhew S

Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 10;42(10):1804-1811 Authors: Nutter S, Alberga AS, MacInnis C, Ellard JH, Russell-Mayhew S

Article GUID: 29795457
Canadian Senate Report on Obesity: Focusing on Individual Behaviours versus Social Determinants of Health May Promote Weight Stigma.

Author(s): Alberga AS, McLaren L, Russell-Mayhew S, von Ranson KM

J Obes. 2018;2018:8645694 Authors: Alberga AS, McLaren L, Russell-Mayhew S, von Ranson KM

Article GUID: 30057808
Weight Bias in Educational Settings: a Systematic Review.

Author(s): Nutter S, Ireland A, Alberga AS, Brun I, Lefebvre D, Hayden KA, Russell-Mayhew S

Curr Obes Rep. 2019 Jun;8(2):185-200 Authors: Nutter S, Ireland A, Alberga AS, Brun I, Lefebvre D, Hayden KA, Russell-Mayhew S

Article GUID: 30820842
Title:Weight bias and health care utilization: a scoping review.
Authors:Alberga AS,  Edache IY,  Forhan M,  Russell-Mayhew S
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32800008
DOI:10.1017/S1463423619000227
Category:Prim Health Care Res Dev
PMID:32800008
Dept Affiliation: HKAP
1 Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2 Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
3 Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

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Weight bias and health care utilization: a scoping review.

Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2019 Jul 22;20:e116

Authors: Alberga AS, Edache IY, Forhan M, Russell-Mayhew S

Abstract

AIM: The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the evidence on how perceptions and/or experiences of weight bias in primary health care influence engagement with and utilization of health care services by individuals with obesity.

BACKGROUND: Prior studies have found discrepancies in the use of health care services by individuals living with obesity; a greater body mass index has been associated with decreased health care utilization, and weight bias has been identified as a major barrier to engagement with health services.

METHODS: PubMed was searched from January 2000 to July 2017. Four reviewers independently selected 21 studies examining perceptions of weight bias and its impact on engagement with primary health care services.

FINDINGS: A thematic analysis was conducted on the 21 studies that were included in this scoping review. The following 10 themes were identified: contemptuous, patronizing, and disrespectful treatment, lack of training, ambivalence, attribution of all health issues to excess weight, assumptions about weight gain, barriers to health care utilization, expectation of differential health care treatment, low trust and poor communication, avoidance or delay of health services, and 'doctor shopping'. Overall, our scoping review reveals how perceptions and/or experiences of weight bias from primary care health professionals negatively influence patient engagement with primary health care services.

PMID: 32800008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]