Interventions for prevention of childhood obesity in primary care: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventing childhood obesity is a public health priority, and primary care is an important setting for early intervention. Authors of a recent national guideline have identified a need for effective primary care interventions for obesity prevention and that parent perspectives on interventions are notably absent from the literature. Our objective was to determine the perspectives of primary care clinicians and parents of children 2-5 years of age on the implementation of an obesity prevention intervention within team-based primary care to inform intervention implementation.

Methods

We conducted focus groups with interprofessional primary care clinicians (n = 40) and interviews with parents (n = 26). Participants were asked about facilitators and barriers to, and r

SUBMITTER: Bourgeois N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4933605 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature