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dc.contributor.authorSetchell, J
dc.contributor.authorGard, M
dc.contributor.authorJones, L
dc.contributor.authorWatson, BM
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T03:02:49Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T03:02:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0959-3985
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09593985.2017.1328718
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/346747
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we propose a theory-driven approach to developing interventions for reducing weight stigma in physiotherapy and discuss the design and exploratory trial of such an intervention. Weight stigma has been identified in physiotherapists in empirical investigations. However, there has been little consideration of how this stigma might be addressed. We highlight Goffman’s work on stigma that provides social and embodied understandings of stigma. Goffman’s approach, however, is notably apolitical, ahistorical and lacks mechanisms for understanding power. We suggest that post-structuralist perspectives can provide insight into these areas. Drawing on these theories, we critically examine the literature on weight stigma reduction, finding that trials have largely been unsuccessful. We argue that this may be due to overly passive and simplistic intervention designs. As context-specific understandings are desirable, we examine the nature of physiotherapy to determine what might be relevant to (re)thinking weight in this profession. We then discuss the development of a multifactorial, active weight stigma intervention we trialed with eight physiotherapists. Supported by theory, the outcomes of the exploratory study suggest that physiotherapy-specific factors such as fostering professional reflexivity and improving understandings of stigma need to be incorporated into an active intervention that considers the complex determinants of weight stigma.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom597
dc.relation.ispartofpageto610
dc.relation.ispartofissue8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPhysiotherapy Theory and Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysiotherapy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420106
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.titleAddressing weight stigma in physiotherapy: Development of a theory-driven approach to (re)thinking weight-related interactions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice on 07 Jun 2017, available online: 10.1080/09593985.2017.1328718.
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gro.griffith.authorJones, Liz S.


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