A scoping review of weight bias by community pharmacists towards people with obesity and mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacists are accessible health care professionals who are increasingly offering weight management programs. People living with serious mental illness have markedly higher rates of obesity and associated illness outcomes than the general population, providing pharmacists who are interested in offering weight management services with an identifiable patient subgroup with increased health needs. Issues with stigma within obesity and mental illness care are prevalent and can lead to inequities and reduced quality of care.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review to map and characterize the available information from published and grey literature sources regarding community pharmacists and weight bias towards obese people with lived experience of mental illne

SUBMITTER: Murphy AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4973414 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature