Adapting Connect for Health pediatric weight management program for telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To address the evolving needs and context changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted Connect for Health, an evidence-based, primary care, pediatric weight management intervention. The objective of this study is to describe the planned adaptation process to ensure continued and equitable program uptake during the pandemic.

Methods

Guided by adaptation frameworks, we identified the core functions and forms of Connect for Health and then adapted the intervention in response to a changing healthcare context. We engaged stakeholders and surveyed parents of children with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and pediatric clinicians and examined their experiences using telehealth for pediatric weight management and needs and preferences. Using multivariable logistic regression,

SUBMITTER: Simione M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature