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Implementation of Combined Lifestyle Interventions for Children with Overweight or Obesity: Experiences of Healthcare Professionals in Multiple Communities

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  • Jenneke J. E. H. Saat

    (Academic Collaborative Center AMPHI, Department of Primary and Community Care, ELG 117, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Research Group Nutrition, Dietetics and Lifestyle, HAN University of Applied Sciences, 6503 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Department of Primary and Community Care, ELG 117, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Elke Naumann

    (Research Group Nutrition, Dietetics and Lifestyle, HAN University of Applied Sciences, 6503 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Gerdine A. J. Fransen

    (Academic Collaborative Center AMPHI, Department of Primary and Community Care, ELG 117, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Department of Primary and Community Care, ELG 117, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Lieneke Voss

    (Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, Chair Group Nutrition and Disease, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Koos van der Velden

    (Academic Collaborative Center AMPHI, Department of Primary and Community Care, ELG 117, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, Chair Group Nutrition and Disease, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Willem J. J. Assendelft

    (Department of Primary and Community Care, ELG 117, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Background: To counteract children with obesity, different protocols for combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) are implemented by healthcare providers (HCPs). To understand the effects of CLI, we studied the implementation process, facilitators and barriers experienced by HCPs. Methods: A multiple case study design in which community-based CLIs (n = 4), implemented in a total of ten different communities, are conceptualized as a “case”. Qualitative data were collected via group interviews among HCPs (n = 48) regarding their implementation protocol, their network involvement and the adoption of the CLI in a community. Transcripts were coded and analysed using ATLAS.ti. Results: Barriers were the absence of a proper protocol, the low emphasis on the construction of the network and difficulty in embedding the CLI into the community. Funding for these activities was lacking. Facilitating factors were the involvement of a coordinator and to have everyone’s role regarding signalling, diagnosis, guidance and treatment clearly defined and protocolled. HCPs suggested adding certain professions to their team because they lacked expertise in parenting advice and providing mental support to children. Conclusions: Carrying out and adapting the content of the CLI to the community was experienced as easier compared to the management of the organizational aspects of the CLI. For these aspects, separate funding is essential. In the future, mapping the characteristics of a community will help to clarify this influence on the implementation even better.

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  • Jenneke J. E. H. Saat & Elke Naumann & Gerdine A. J. Fransen & Lieneke Voss & Koos van der Velden & Willem J. J. Assendelft, 2023. "Implementation of Combined Lifestyle Interventions for Children with Overweight or Obesity: Experiences of Healthcare Professionals in Multiple Communities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:3:p:2156-:d:1046369
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    1. Beata Bondyra-Wiśniewska & Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak & Anna Harton, 2021. "Impact of Lifestyle Intervention Programs for Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity on Body Weight and Selected Cardiometabolic Factors—A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-25, February.
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