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Survey of Australian practitioners' provision of healthy lifestyle advice to clients who are obese

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  • Samantha Ashby
  • Carole James
  • Ronald Plotnikoff
  • Clare Collins
  • Maya Guest
  • Ashley Kable
  • Suzanne Snodgrass

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Obesity is a global issue, with healthcare practitioners increasingly involved in clinical interactions with people who are overweight or obese. These interactions are opportunities to provide evidence‐based healthy lifestyle advice, and impact on public health. This study used a cross‐sectional survey of Australian healthcare practitioners to investigate what influenced the provision of healthy lifestyle advice to obese and overweight clients. A modified theory of planned behavior was used to explore knowledge translation processes. Knowledge translation was linked to three factors: (i) a healthcare practitioner's education and confidence in the currency of their knowledge; (ii) personal characteristics – whether they accepted that providing this advice was within their domain of practice; and (iii) the existence of organizational support structures, such as access to education, and best practice guidelines. To fulfill the potential role healthcare practitioners can play in the provision of evidence‐based health promotion advice requires organizations to provide access to practice guidelines and to instill a belief in their workforce that this is a shared professional domain.

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  • Samantha Ashby & Carole James & Ronald Plotnikoff & Clare Collins & Maya Guest & Ashley Kable & Suzanne Snodgrass, 2012. "Survey of Australian practitioners' provision of healthy lifestyle advice to clients who are obese," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(2), pages 189-196, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:14:y:2012:i:2:p:189-196
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00677.x
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    1. Eveliene Dera‐de Bie & Willem Jan Gerver & Maria Jansen, 2013. "Training program for overweight prevention in the child's first year: Compilation and results," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(3), pages 387-397, September.
    2. Ashley Kable & Carole James & Suzanne Snodgrass & Ronald Plotnikoff & Maya Guest & Samantha Ashby & Christopher Oldmeadow & Clare Collins, 2015. "Nurse provision of healthy lifestyle advice to people who are overweight or obese," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(4), pages 451-459, December.

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