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A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma
We examine stigma and how it operates, then develop a novel framework to classify the range of positions that are conceptually possible regarding how stigma ought to be handled from a public health perspective. In the case of weight stigma, the possible positions range from encouraging the intention...
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author | Harwood, Alison Carter, Drew Eliott, Jaklin |
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description | We examine stigma and how it operates, then develop a novel framework to classify the range of positions that are conceptually possible regarding how stigma ought to be handled from a public health perspective. In the case of weight stigma, the possible positions range from encouraging the intentional use of weight stigma as an obesity prevention and reduction strategy to arguing not only that this is harmful but that weight stigma, independent of obesity, needs to be actively challenged and reduced. Using weight stigma as an illustrative example, we draw on prior theoretical work on stigma mechanisms and intervention strategies to develop a framework for improving the understanding, evaluation, and planning of anti-stigma interventions. This framework has the potential to help public health actors to map out how protest, contact, education, and regulation strategies can be used to reduce direct discrimination, structural discrimination, and internalized stigma (self-stigma). |
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spelling | pubmed-94633142022-09-11 A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma Harwood, Alison Carter, Drew Eliott, Jaklin J Bioeth Inq Original Research We examine stigma and how it operates, then develop a novel framework to classify the range of positions that are conceptually possible regarding how stigma ought to be handled from a public health perspective. In the case of weight stigma, the possible positions range from encouraging the intentional use of weight stigma as an obesity prevention and reduction strategy to arguing not only that this is harmful but that weight stigma, independent of obesity, needs to be actively challenged and reduced. Using weight stigma as an illustrative example, we draw on prior theoretical work on stigma mechanisms and intervention strategies to develop a framework for improving the understanding, evaluation, and planning of anti-stigma interventions. This framework has the potential to help public health actors to map out how protest, contact, education, and regulation strategies can be used to reduce direct discrimination, structural discrimination, and internalized stigma (self-stigma). Springer Nature Singapore 2022-07-20 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9463314/ /pubmed/35857213 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-022-10199-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Research Harwood, Alison Carter, Drew Eliott, Jaklin A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
title | A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
title_full | A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
title_fullStr | A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
title_full_unstemmed | A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
title_short | A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
title_sort | public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9463314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35857213 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-022-10199-3 |
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