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Weight Bias Awareness And Mental Health Promotion Journal Article Review Article Review

Journal Article Review 4: Weight Bias Awareness and Mental Health Promotion

Brief Statement of the Purpose

The purpose of the article was to evaluate the effects of the interactive workshop to decrease the obesity rate in Canadian children for improved nutrition, the lower social stigma attached with body weight, and better mental health.

Participants/ Program

Three hundred forty-two participants, including public health practitioners (of which 94 percent were females), were hired in provincially funded public health units in Ontario, Canada (McVey et al., 2013). Three health units were selected for drawing out samples: nutrition, chronic disease, and prevention of injuries.

Settings

A full-day workshop was carried out from April 2010 till January 2011 in groups of 50 participants. Group-based settings in the room were arranged by first gaining their written consent.

Design

The research design included conducting an interactive workshop, self-reported questionnaires for assessing the response before and after the workshop, and follow-ups. An additional brief semi-structured interview was also conducted among the volunteers at the end of the workshop.

Self-reported data were collected, encompassing details about the practitioners ethnic background, gender, and work experience. An Antifat Attitudes Questionnaire was used to gather data for extrinsic measuring of weight bias. Another questionnaire, Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ), measured the extent of...

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…that the role of public health practitioners is pivotal in changing peoples attitudes towards the most basic reason for other illnesses, which is obesity. Since they are closer to the society, working in community sections like schools, communicating with the childrens parents, school management, and various other adults, they are the primary goal setters for the society so that weight bias and attitudes could be altered. Moreover, cultural competency should be an integral part of the practitioners training so that ethnic diversity and the attitudes related to their cultural perceptions about weight should be addressed comprehensively.

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McVey, G. L., Walker, K. S., Beyers, J.,…

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McVey, G. L., Walker, K. S., Beyers, J., Harrison, H. L., Simkins, S. W., & Russell-Mayhew, S. (2013). Integrating weight bias awareness and mental health promotion into obesity prevention delivery: a public health pilot study. Preventing Chronic Disease, 10, E46. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120185


Nilsen, P., Seing, I., Ericsson, C., Birken, S.A. & Schildmeijer, K. (2020). Characteristics of successful changes in healthcare organizations: An interview study with physicians registered nurses and assistant nurses. BMC Health Services Research, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4999-8


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