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ANCA GEORGIANA ISPAS

Babeș-Bolyai University

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About
First Name
ANCA GEORGIANA
Last Name
ISPAS
University
Babeș-Bolyai University
Current position
Ph.D student
Email
ANCA.GOLOGAN@UBBCLUJ.RO
Researcher Identification
ORCID
ORCID
0009-0003-6980-5253
Keywords
Weight stigma reduction in healthcare settings; Internalized weight bias and family communication; Trauma-informed eating behaviors; Weight-inclusive public health strategies; Psychosocial determinants of nutritional and physical-activity patterns
Health related-scientific domains
Public Health
Research expertise/competencies
I have participated since 2021 in developing a continuing‐education curriculum for medical and allied health staff aimed at reducing weight stigma. Since 2022, my research investigates parental internalized weight bias and its effects on family weight‐ and health‐related communication, and examines weight‐inclusive public‐health strategies by analyzing psychosocial outcomes, eating behaviours, and physical‐activity patterns in Romanian populations.
Faculty / Institute / Department
Department of Public Health
Research center/group
Department of Public Health
Research center/group website
https://publichealth.ro/research/
Available major infrastructure
Online survey platform – Google Forms for secure collection of all parent- and child-reported data WHO Child Growth Standards – age- and sex-specific BMI-for-age percentile charts for classifying children’s weight status IBM SPSS Statistics v29.0.1 with the PROCESS macro v4.3.1 – for hierarchical linear regressions, one-way ANOVAs, and bootstrapped mediation analyses Validated psychometric instruments – Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-M) Antifat Attitudes Questionnaire (AFA) Universal Measure of Bias/Fat Phobia Scale (UMBFAT) Scale reliability & non-parametric analyses – Cronbach’s α for internal consistency; Spearman’s rank-order correlations for examining bivariate relationships
Collaboration-based research services
Cross-sectional survey design and implementation; psychometric scale adaptation, translation, and validation (WBIS-M, AFA, UMBFAT); questionnaire development and online data collection management (Google Forms); anthropometric data processing and WHO-based BMI percentile classification; hierarchical multivariate regression, ANOVA, post-hoc testing, and mediation analysis using SPSS/PROCESS; systematic literature review and meta-analysis; statistical consulting and interpretation; ethics application support; parent‐child communication measurement.
Contractual research services
ross-sectional survey design and implementation; psychometric scale adaptation, translation, and validation (WBIS-M, AFA, UMBFAT); online questionnaire development, administration, data management, and anthropometric BMI percentile classification; advanced multivariate analyses (hierarchical regression, ANOVA, mediation) using SPSS/PROCESS; parent–child communication assessment and reporting.
Topics for collaboration
Parental weight stigma reduction interventions Cross-cultural validation of weight bias and antifat attitude scales Mechanisms linking parental internalized bias to child health behaviors Digital survey design and psychometric evaluation in public health Development of health-centered parent–child communication training Mediation analysis of psychosocial factors in childhood obesity Policy evaluation for stigma-free family health promotion programs