Weight stigma towards preconception, pregnant and postpartum women: A societal perspective

RESEARCH PROFILE

Haimanot Hailu

Weight stigma towards preconception, pregnant and postpartum women: A societal perspective

Haimanot is an Epidemiologist and a PhD candidate in the Health and Social Care Unit.

Her research is focused on investigating weight stigma and societal norms that are perpetuated against preconception, pregnant and postpartum women living in larger bodies from the perspective of the general public.

Haimanot acknowledges that weight stigma towards preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum (PPP) women negatively impacts the health of women and their offspring; and the general public (community setting) is one of the commonest weight stigmatising sources.

She believes understanding the community perceptions, the nature of weight stigma, societal norms, and the factors that sustain or prevent weight stigma towards PPP women living in larger bodies would contribute to an effort to prevent societal weight stigma.

Haimanot’s research will provide insight into the implicit and explicit weight bias, and societal norms towards preconception, pregnant and postpartum women living in larger bodies.

For more information: haimanot.hailu@monash.edu