Health At Every Size intervention® under real-world conditions: the rights and wrongs of program implementation.

ABSTRACT: Implementation integrity is known to be critical to the success of interventions. The Health At Every Size® (HAES®) approach is deemed to be a sustainable intervention on weight-related issues. However, no study in the field has yet investigated the effects of implementation on outcomes in a real-world setting.

Objective

This study aims to explore to what extent does implementation integrity moderate program outcomes across multiple sites.

Methods

One hundred sixty-two women nested in 21 health facilities across the province of Québec (Canada) were part of a HAES® intervention and completed questionnaires at baseline and after the intervention. Participant responsiveness (e.g. home practice completion) along with other implementation dimensions (dosage, adherence, adaptations

SUBMITTER: Cloutier-Bergeron A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9543046 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature