Nancy Feeley, Olive Kabajaasi, Nathan Kenya-Mugisha, Abner Tagoola, Karel O'Brien, Jessica Duby
Benefits and Challenges of Implementing an Adaptation of Family Integrated Care in a Ugandan Setting
Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses
antifat attitudes weightbased discrimination prevalent healthcare settings among healthcare practitioners clinical trainees result immense harm patients increasing recognition antifat bias healthcare critical issue must addressed dearth evidence demonstrating sustained attitude behavioural change among clinicians illustrating need innovative educational approaches rigorous evaluation describe codesign delivery narrativebased continuing professional development curriculum aimed raising awareness weightbased bias stigma research team lived experience educators clinicians researchers collaboratively developed series seven podcast episodes comprised narrative descriptions lived experiences impacts weight bias stigma discrimination healthcare settings well postpodcast workshop facilitate reflection discussion participants curriculum piloted among 20 clinicians practicing large urban hospital mississauga canada explored feasibility acceptability learning impact analyzing responses questionnaires completed following podcast episode responses shared workshops followup feedback sessions observed high acceptability feasibility curriculum participants experienced podcast practical convenient learning format workshop valuable opportunity collectively debrief reflect learning impact curriculum strong participants described range emotions elicited podcasts engaged selfreflection expressed desire modify clinical approaches barriers application learnings identified participants include pervasiveness use body mass index bmi indicator risk criterion referral discomfort difficult conversations prevalent biomedical understandings association weight health clinicians defensiveness pilot study yielded promising findings demonstrated potential impact weight bias stigma among healthcare providers necessary next steps include conducting larger scale rigorous evaluations curriculum among broader populations health professions trainees current healthcare providers