A School Nurse-Delivered Intervention for Overweight and Obese Adolescents: Lessons Learned

Autor: Pbert, Lori, Osganian, Stavroula K., Schneider, Kristin L., Druker, Susan, Magner, Robert P., Reed, George W., Gellar, Lauren A., Gapinski, Mary Ann, Sheetz, Anne
Rok vydání: 2012
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DOI: 10.13028/zyys-vx67
Popis: Dr. Pbert will present work from an academic and community partnership between UMMS and the School Health Unit of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to design and test a brief intervention for school nurses to provide weight management assistance to overweight and obese adolescents in the school health setting. She will discuss why the school nurse and school health setting are promising venues for addressing adolescent overweight, present results from their pilot study, and discuss facilitators, barriers and strategies to implementing this treatment model.
Databáze: OpenAIRE