Evaluating the Implementation of the Connect for Health Pediatric Weight Management Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adoption of primary care interventions to reduce childhood obesity is limited. Progress in reducing obesity prevalence and eliminating disparities can be achieved by implementing effective childhood obesity management interventions in primary care settings.

Objective

To examine the extent to which implementation strategies supported the uptake of research evidence and implementation of the Connect for Health pediatric weight management program.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study took place at 3 geographically and demographically diverse health care organizations with substantially high numbers of children living in low-income communities in Denver, Colorado; Boston, Massachusetts; and Greenville, South Carolina, from November 2

SUBMITTER: Simione M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811559 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature