Stakeholder views of services for children and adolescents with obesity: Mega-ethnography of qualitative syntheses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The efficacy of services for children and adolescents with obesity is well researched, but this review describes what actually matters to stakeholders (children, caregivers, and professionals) in relation to such services.

Methods

A mega-ethnography, an innovative review-of-reviews approach that uses conceptual findings as primary data, was performed. Twelve bibliographic databases (2010-2020) were searched for reviews that considered the values and preferences of stakeholders concerning services or interventions (diet, exercise, lifestyle) that targeted children and adolescents with obesity.

Results

From 485 citations, 17 relevant reviews were identified. The synthesis found that the perceived need to address obesity is determined by subjective norms of wei

SUBMITTER: Carroll C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature