ArticlePrimary health care research & development2019
Weight bias and health care utilization: a scoping review.
Article in Primary health care research & development, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07334470 (The BRAVE Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 152 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The BRAVE Study: A Sensitivity Intervention With Nursing Students Using Simulation
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152 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 331 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Results of the 2024 International Weight Bias Summit: Establishing future research directions in the field.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
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Abstract
aimThe 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.
backgroundPrior 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.
methodsPubMed 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.
findingsA 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.
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