Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a community-based, multidisciplinary, family-focused childhood weight management programme in Ireland: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the barriers and facilitators experienced by those implementing a government-funded, community-based childhood weight management programme.

Design

Qualitative using semistructured interviews.

Setting

Two geographical regions in the south and west of Ireland.

Participants

29 national-level and local-level stakeholders responsible for implementing the programme, including professionals from dietetics, psychology, public health nursing, physiotherapy, health promotion and administration.

Methods

Framework analysis was used to identify barriers and facilitators, which were mapped onto six levels of factors influencing implementation outlined by Grol and Wensing: the innovation, the individual professional, the patient, the social context

SUBMITTER: Kelleher E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623413 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature