The 5As team intervention: bridging the knowledge gap in obesity management among primary care practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite opportunities for didactic education on obesity management, we still observe low rates of weight management visits in our primary care setting. This paper describes the co-creation by front-line interdisciplinary health care providers and researchers of the 5As Team intervention to improve obesity prevention and management in primary care.

Methods

We describe the theoretical foundations, design, and core elements of the 5AsT intervention, and the process of eliciting practitioners' self-identified knowledge gaps to inform the curricula for the 5AsT intervention. Themes and topics were identified through facilitated group discussion and a curriculum relevant to this group of practitioners was developed and delivered in a series of 12 workshops.

Result

SUBMITTER: Ogunleye A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4689048 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature