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Table 2 Demographic characteristicsa of clinician participants (n = 18)

From: Raising awareness of anti-fat stigma in healthcare through lived experience education: a continuing professional development pilot study

Characteristic

Frequency (%)

Gender identity

Female

18 (100)

Age (years)

26–35

3 (16.7)

 

36–45

6 (33.3)

 

46–55

6 (33.3)

 

56–65

3 (16.7)

Ethnic or cultural identity

South Asian

1 (5.6)

 

East Asian

1 (5.6)

 

Canadian

2 (11.1)

 

White

10 (55.6)

 

Multiple identities

4 (22.2)

Professional role

Physician

3 (16.7)

 

Registered nurse

4 (22.2)

 

Midwife

5 (27.8)

 

Allied health professional

6 (33.3)

Number of years in role

 ≤ 5

2 (11.1)

 

6–10

2 (11.1)

 

11–20

10 (55.6)

 

 > 20

4 (22.2)

  1. aAll demographic questions contained in the survey were open-ended; respondents self-identified gender and ethnic or cultural identity/ies. For the purposes of this table, racial categories from Ontario’s Data Standards for the Identification and Monitoring of Systemic Racism [72] were used, together with “Canadian”, a self-identified term, and “Multiple identities”, which was used when more than one ethnic or cultural identity was shared