scholarly journals Positioning of Weight Bias: Moving towards Social Justice

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Nutter ◽  
Shelly Russell-Mayhew ◽  
Angela S. Alberga ◽  
Nancy Arthur ◽  
Anusha Kassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Weight Bias ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Theoretical Orientations ◽  
Theoretical Position ◽  
Health At Every Size ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Weight bias is a form of stigma with detrimental effects on the health and wellness of individuals with large bodies. Researchers from various disciplines have recognized weight bias as an important topic for public health and for professional practice. To date, researchers from various areas have approached weight bias from independent perspectives and from differing theoretical orientations. In this paper, we examined the similarities and differences between three perspectives (i.e., weight-centric, non-weight-centric (health-centric), and health at every size) used to understand weight bias and approach weight bias research with regard to (a) language about people with large bodies, (b) theoretical position, (c) identified consequences of weight bias, and (d) identified influences on weight-based social inequity. We suggest that, despite differences, each perspective acknowledges the negative influences that position weight as being within individual control and the negative consequences of weight bias. We call for recognition and discussion of weight bias as a social justice issue in order to change the discourse and professional practices extended towards individuals with large bodies. We advocate for an emphasis on social justice as a uniting framework for interdisciplinary research on weight bias.

Analysis of Experiences and Psychological Perceptions of Recovered COVID-19 Patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsima Pourshahryari ◽  
Abbas Abdollahi ◽  
Sahar Ghafouri
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Initial Reaction ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Step Method ◽  
The People ◽  
Tehran Province ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Psychological Perceptions ◽  
Proximity To Death

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the experiences and psychological perceptions of recovered COVID-19 patients. Methods: This research was conducted using qualitative approach of phenomenology type. The population of this study included the patients recovered from Corona virus in Tehran province. Sampling was performed purposefully. The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews. Collaizi’s seven-step method was applied for analyzing the data. Findings: After coding the interviews and categorizing the topics, the following nine main themes were obtained: initial reaction of loneliness and the need for receiving compassion, negative consequences, proximity to death and the reaction of individuals toward it, effective coping activities, mutual transmission of mental status of the patient, caregivers and medical staff, the effect of illness on meaning and style of life, preoccupation with duties and responsibilities. Conclusion: The present study showed that the experiences of Covid-19 patients have similarities and differences and being ware of these experiences may help the experts and policymakers to prevent the psychological crisis in the post-corona period and prepare the people psychologically in the society to face the epidemics.

Identity Turn: Managing Decolonialization and Identity Politics in the Study of Religion

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Jørn Borup
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Theoretical Orientations ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Western Power ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academic Study

Abstract The academic study of religion, with its concepts and theories that originate in a Western, Protestant context, has justly been criticized in postmodern and identity-focused discourses, in recent years under the umbrella of decolonization and social justice activism. It has been suggested that allegedly universally-applicable theories and methodologies are relativized and revealed as particularized Eurocentrism in the hegemonic representations of “white” or “Western” power regimes. While acknowledging such reorientations in the philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history of religion, this article also critically investigates and discusses the “critical study of religion.” It is suggested that the revisionist deconstruction emphasized by contemporary identity perspectives, with their discourses of difference and re-essentialized understandings of religion and culture, are not only problematic as theoretical orientations. Radical identity politics also imply methodological constraints on the academic study of religion, where comparison, analytical categories, and reflexive emic–etic distinctions must remain key factors.

Seeking Racial Justice Through Data in 2021 and Beyond

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-271
Author(s):  
Melba V. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Racial Justice

In the wake of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, many people are posing the question as to what is next for racial and social justice. As the power of the prosecutor has been on display in recent months, what can be done to make sure that accountability is spread evenly among all races in the criminal justice system? For decades, the metric of a prosecutor’s success revolved around conviction rates. As thinking has evolved around the country, success now includes areas such as community safety, health, and wellness – which requires a new way to measure the work being done. Data provides this information. Data will play a critical role in ensuring transparency, changing policy, and making sure that justice is dispensed equally. Data creates a common language, as well as evidence regarding what is working effectively, and what is not. We cannot fix what we do not measure.

Health Education as a Tool for Social Justice and Health Equity

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-80
Author(s):  
Sarah Benes
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
School And Community ◽  
The Many

All youth deserve access to effective health education that provides them with the tools they need to maintain or improve their health and the health of others. Health education, in school and community settings, can be a tool for addressing social justice and health equity across race and class. Effective health education can increase awareness and understanding of the many factors, including social determinants of health and power structures, that impact health and wellness. More importantly, health education can affect change by empowering students to address not only their own health but the health of others, their communities, and beyond. This chapter reviews the current literature, focusing on practical applications for school and community settings, and presents strategies for implementing health education that supports health and wellness at interpersonal, intrapersonal, and community levels.

Harm Reduction Policy for the Opioid Epidemic

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yngvild Olsen ◽  
Joshua M. Sharfstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
People Who Use Drugs ◽  
Opioid Epidemic ◽  
Negative Consequences

What is harm reduction? Harm reduction is “a set of practical strategies aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use.” It is also “a movement for social justice built on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of people who use drugs.”...

Clarifying the Interrelations of Residents’ Perceived Tourism-Related Stress, Stressors, and Impacts

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan J. Jordan ◽  
Laura Lesar ◽  
Daniel M. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Tourism Impact ◽  
Tourism Impacts ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
As Stress

While stress has recently been documented as an adverse impact of tourism, it has not been examined alongside traditional tourism impacts to determine their similarities and differences. To clarify the interrelations of these phenomena, we explored whether tourism-related stressors were similar to well-known tourism impacts, and whether perceived tourism impacts increased the likelihood of experiencing tourism-related stress. Residents of O’ahu, Hawai’i, were asked how much tourism impacted them on 36 variables, whether tourism caused them stress, and if so, how. Study findings reveal that tourism-related stressors often correspond with what have been traditionally considered tourism impacts. Moreover, only five of the tourism impact variables predicted the experience of tourism-related stress, and of these only one was a frequently cited stressor. Connecting impacts to stressors expands the possibility that certain tourism impacts could have consequences that go beyond mere opinions and attitudes, as stress has many health and wellness consequences.

Mechanisms and Consequences of Professional Marginality: The Case of Poverty Lawyers Revisited

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (04) ◽  
pp. 919-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Zaloznaya ◽  
Laura Beth Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Partial Replication ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Time Poverty ◽  
Social Justice Orientation ◽  
Emotional Detachment ◽  
Reform Litigation ◽  
Over Time

A partial replication of Jack Katz's (1982) Poor People's Lawyers in Transition, this article explores the manifestations and consequences of professional marginality of legal aid lawyers. Based on thirty-five interviews with poverty attorneys and interns in Chicago, the authors show that scarce material resources and unclear expectations continue to give rise to the marginalization of this segment of the legal profession. The authors analyzed ideological, task, status, and material dimensions of attorneys' professional marginality. With no access to reform litigation, central to the legal aid “culture of significance” in the 1970s, present-day poverty lawyers seek new ways to cope with marginality. The authors argue that these lawyers' coping strategies have many negative consequences. Thus, over time, poverty lawyers' deep engagement with clients, ideals of empowerment, and social justice orientation give way to emotional detachment, complacency, and an emphasis on “making do” within the constraints of the system.

Weight Bias and Social Justice: Implications for Education and Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Nutter ◽  
Shelly Russell-Mayhew ◽  
Nancy Arthur ◽  
John H. Ellard
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Weight Bias

scholarly journals Critical Family History and Cultural Evolution: A Call for Interdisciplinary Research to Determine What Works to Replace Anger with Compassion for Social Justice

Genealogy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Family History ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Family Dysfunction ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
What Works ◽  
History Of

I use critical family history to investigate: (a) my British/Scot ancestors who engaged in slavery and have a history of oppressive treatment of indigenous peoples, and (b) my Acadian and Mi’kmaq indigenous origins. My family’s conflicting history is embedded in historical hierarchies of conqueror and oppressed, as well as family dysfunction. From this history, I wonder how we can create greater positive change toward altruism and social justice? I provide literature based in cultural evolution that investigated the complex social and natural sciences that delineate our search to understand what is happening and what works to create more altruistic human behavior leading to greater social justice

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