The Development and Refinement of an e-Health Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Parents to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Primary Care
| Autor: | Trevor van Mierlo, Raj Padwal, Patricia Martz, Rachel Fournier, Nicholas L. Holt, Andrew L. Cave, Jillian L. S. Avis, Geoff D.C. Ball, Katerina Maximova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Parents medicine.medical_specialty Canada Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Pediatric Obesity Adolescent Health Behavior Alternative medicine Health Informatics Primary care Overweight Childhood obesity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management Nursing 030225 pediatrics Intervention (counseling) Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Exercise Health Education Life Style Motivation Primary Health Care business.industry General Medicine Focus Groups medicine.disease Referral to treatment Focus group Telemedicine Diet Female medicine.symptom Brief intervention business |
| Zdroj: | Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 22(5) |
| ISSN: | 1556-3669 |
| Popis: | Nearly one-third of Canadian children can be categorized as overweight or obese. There is a growing interest in applying e-health approaches to prevent unhealthy weight gain in children, especially in settings that families access regularly. Our objective was to develop and refine an e-health screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for parents to help prevent childhood obesity in primary care.Our SBIRT, titled the Resource Information Program for Parents on Lifestyle and Education (RIPPLE), was developed by our research team and an e-health intervention development company. RIPPLE was based on existing SBIRT models and contemporary literature on children's lifestyle behaviors. Refinements to RIPPLE were guided by feedback from five focus groups (6-10 participants per group) that documented perceptions of the SBIRT by participants (healthcare professionals [n = 20], parents [n = 10], and researchers and graduate trainees [n = 8]). Focus group commentaries were transcribed in real time using a court reporter. Data were analyzed thematically.Participants viewed RIPPLE as a practical, well-designed, and novel tool to facilitate the prevention of childhood obesity in primary care. However, they also perceived that RIPPLE may elicit negative reactions from some parents and suggested improvements to specific elements (e.g., weight-related terms).RIPPLE may enhance parents' awareness of children's weight status and motivation to change their children's lifestyle behaviors but should be improved prior to implementation. Findings from this research directly informed revisions to our SBIRT, which will undergo preliminary testing in a randomized controlled trial. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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