Weight Bias in Health Education: Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367522308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 186 str.

Heather A. Brown; Nancy Ellis-Ordway

Opis

Weight stigma is so pervasive in our culture that it is often unnoticed, along with the harm that it causes. Health care is rife with anti-fat bias and discrimination against fat people, which compromises care and influences the training of new practitioners.

Recenzje

"The book feels simultaneously grounded in academic theory and research, alongside important reflections on the lived experiences of the contributors and people in their lives and work [...] This book would be a great resource to use in a variety of health education classes, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, to introduce weight bias and weight-inclusive care to students. Weight Bias in Health Education is quite readable and could be read throughout the semester, or assigned as individual chapters, as they also stand well on their own. Practicing health professionals would also benefit from reading this volume, as would healthcare educators who are new to the area but want to introduce these ideas into their classrooms."

Meredith Bessey in Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society