Guided Learning to Become a Health at Every Size® Aligned Provider
The Pathway to Health at Every Size® Alignment offers ASDAH Members a structured syllabus to the material we believe is essential for providers to be aligned with Health at Every Size®. This pathway includes the offerings that make up the core of Health at Every Size® knowledge base, including the learning outcomes that are assessed in the Health at Every Size® Provider Listing vetting.
The pathway outlines our recommended order, however, each course can stand alone. We also include two primary texts that are vital to the current Health at Every Size® Principles.
ASDAH members at every member level get full access to the Member Learning Library, including the courses that make up the pathway. (Already a member? Log in and access the Learning Library now.)
Pathway to Health at Every Size® Alignment
HAES® 101: Understanding the Foundations of Health at Every Size®
- 2 hours
- Overview of the HAES® Principles and Framework of Care
- Focus on weight science and the relationship between health and weight
- History of fat liberation and the development and evolution of the Health at Every Size® Principles
- Historical influences of modern day weight bias and stigma
Intersectional Liberation in HAES®
- 1 hour
- Overview of ASDAH’s grounding in liberation and intersectional feminism
- How Health at Every Size® works alongside and within other health equity initiatives
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings, PhD
- Select chapters
- Deep analysis of how anti-Blackness and anti-fatness have been intrinsically intertwined from the 1500s to present day
Health, Healthism, and the Good Fatty: Exploring Healthcare for the Bad Fatty
- 2 hours | 2 CEUs
- Overview of healthism
- How societal and individual conceptions of ‘health’ influence care
- Navigating healthcare provision with BMI limits
- Providing ethical care for people who are pursuing weight loss
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison
- Select chapters
- Critical social analysis of how anti-fatness is a function of anti-Blackness today
Compassionate Care Workshop: Clinical Physical Accessibility for Fat Bodies
- 1.5 hours | 1.5 CPEUs
- Overview of the importance of physical accessibility for larger people
- Common accessibility considerations including weight limits and wide width
- How to find fat-accessible equipment, furniture, and more
