The Resident Experience of an Obesity-Focused Home Visiting Curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of obesity in the USA has risen to 39.8% of adults and 18.5% of children, yet there has not been a compensatory rise in residency training to reflect this epidemic.

Objectives

To examine pediatric residents' lived experiences of completing a novel home visitation curriculum for children with obesity in resource-poor areas of Washington, DC.

Methods

Pediatric residents completed a home visiting curriculum consisting of four modules followed by two home visits to families with a child struggling with obesity. Within 2 weeks of completing the curriculum, individual interviews were conducted with participants about their experience. Inductive coding was used to analyze the data, followed by clustering and theming.

Results

Saturation was re

SUBMITTER: Essel KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368614 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature