Implementation of the JOIN for ME Program for Families from Low-Income Backgrounds: The Use of Theory-Driven Formative Evaluation: Rhode Island CORD 3.0.

ABSTRACT: Advances have been made in the development of effective interventions to address pediatric obesity; however, research findings often do not translate into clinical practice and a limited number of programs have been designed toward wide-spread dissemination and implementation. The Rhode Island (RI)-Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) 3.0 Project involves adapting and testing an evidence-based pediatric weight management intervention (PWMI), JOIN for ME, for wide-scale dissemination and implementation in communities with a high proportion of families from low-income backgrounds. In this article, we describe the robust developmental formative evaluation (FE) process employed by RI-CORD as a model for the use of FE to drive dissemination of evidence-based PWMIs. The current

SUBMITTER: Darling KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8574201 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature