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‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weight stigma exposure inventory (WeSEI): Adaptation to Turkish culture, validity and reliability study

Journal of Social Media Research
Weight stigma is prevalent in society, with various sources, including family, friends, and media, contributing to individuals' experiences and internalization of weight stigma.
Cafer Çarkıt, Wan Ying Gan, Hazal Koç, Nadia Bevan, Ezgi Avcı, Yi-Ching Lin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the relationship between family communication and the development of weight stigma [PDF]

, 2016
Background This study examined the relationship between family communication and weight stigma. The Family Communication Patterns Theory was used as a framework to explain the relationships between two dimensions of family communication (i.e ...
Woszidlo, Alesia Diane, Asbury, Mary Elizabeth, Alesia Woszidlo, Mary Beth Asbury   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Framing anatomical variation in anatomy textbooks: Language use and its implications

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Text mining of anatomy textbooks shows “abnormal” is the most frequently used descriptor for anatomical variation, reinforcing a binary framing. We advocate for explicit teaching of variation as a spectrum, with consistent, neutral terminology and contextualization (prevalence and functional relevance) to support a more nuanced understanding of ...
An‐Di Yim, Matthew Schell, Alexandra Zachwieja   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Weight Stigma in Libraries to Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

In the Library with the Lead Pipe
In Brief: The goal of this paper is to help librarians understand why weight stigma and discrimination are pervasive, the impact they have on people, what interventions have been tried to reduce or prevent weight stigma, and what librarians can do to ...
Lorelei Rutledge, Erika Church, Devan Church   +2 more
doaj  

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

“Dental team-based education” Dental team perspectives and experiences about weight stigma: a qualitative analysis

BMC Oral Health
Background There is evidence from qualitative and quantitative studies of the presence of weight stigma in the dental setting from the patient perspective.
Zanab Malik, Kate A. McBride, Kathryn Williams, Deborah Cockrell, Clare E. Collins   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Weight of Expectation’–How Weight Stigma Is Impacting Dietetic Practice

Current approaches to healthcare have faced criticism for both causing and reinforcing weight stigma [1-3]. Whilst weight stigma has been evidenced for over 50 years, its negative impact and the subsequent need for change has been increasingly recognised
Brown, A, Ball, L, Flint, SW
core   +1 more source

Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health

BMC Medicine, 2018
Background In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a correspondingly pervasive and strong culture of weight stigma.
A. Janet Tomiyama, Deborah Carr, Ellen M. Granberg, Brenda Major, Eric Robinson, Angelina R. Sutin, Alexandra Brewis   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source