Design and methods of Shape Up Under 5: Integration of systems science and community-engaged research to prevent early childhood obesity.

Autor: Appel JM; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Fullerton K; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Hennessy E; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Korn AR; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Tovar A; Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, South Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America., Allender S; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia., Hovmand PS; Social System Design Lab, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America., Kasman M; Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C, United States of America., Swinburn BA; Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.; School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Aukland, New Zealand., Hammond RA; Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C, United States of America., Economos CD; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2019 Aug 01; Vol. 14 (8), pp. e0220169. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 01 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220169
Abstrakt: Shape Up Under 5 (SUU5) was a two-year early childhood obesity prevention pilot study in Somerville, Massachusetts (2015-2017) designed to test a novel conceptual framework called Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion. For whole-of-community interventions, this framework posits that diffusion of stakeholders' knowledge about and engagement with childhood obesity prevention efforts through their social networks will improve the implementation of health-promoting policy and practice changes intended to reduce obesity risk. SUU5 used systems science methods (agent-based modeling, group model building, social network analysis) to design, facilitate, and evaluate the work of 16 multisector stakeholders ('the Committee'). In this paper, we describe the design and methods of SUU5 using the conceptual framework: the approach to data collection, and methods and rationale for study inputs, activities and evaluation, which together may further our understanding of the hypothesized processes within Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion. We also present a generalizable conceptual framework for addressing childhood obesity and similar complex public health issues through whole-of-community interventions.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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