Trial reportBMC family practice2012
Barriers to successful recruitment of parents of overweight children for an obesity prevention intervention: a qualitative study among youth health care professionals.
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- Strategies to improve recruitment to multicomponent group programs for overweight and obesity: a systematic review.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers of children's participation in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity interventions: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Parents' and Children's Misperception of Children's Weight Status: a Systematic Review of Current Research.Current obesity reports · 2019Pooled it
- Randomized Controlled Trial Outcomes for HomeStyles-2, an Online Obesity Prevention Program for Families with Children in Middle Childhood.Nutrients · 2026Trial
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- Promotion of a healthy lifestyle among 5-year-old overweight children: health behavior outcomes of the 'Be active, eat right' study.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- Recruitment and retention of participants with obesity into a longitudinal birth cohort: the Breastfeeding and Early Child Health (BEACH) study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
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- Discussing overweight in dogs during a regular consultation in general practice in the Netherlands.Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition · 2021Article
- Parental Perception of Weight Status for Adenotonsillectomy Patients.The Laryngoscope · 2021Article
- Understanding engagement in a family-focused, multicomponent, childhood weight management programme delivered in the community setting.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Evaluating a childhood obesity program with the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- How Should We Approach and Discuss Children's Weight With Parents? A Qualitative Analysis of Recommendations From Parents of Preschool-Aged Children to Physicians.Clinical pediatrics · 2019Article
- Helping children and families to enrol in weight management: What can stakeholders do?Paediatrics & child health · 2019Article
- Tackling Childhood Overweight: Parental Perceptions of Stakeholders' Roles in a Community-Based Intervention.Global pediatric health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe recruitment of participants for childhood overweight and obesity prevention interventions can be challenging. The goal of this study was to identify barriers that Dutch youth health care (YHC) professionals perceive when referring parents of overweight children to an obesity prevention intervention.
methodsSixteen YHC professionals (nurses, physicians and management staff) from eleven child health clinics participated in semi-structured interviews. An intervention implementation model was used as the framework for conducting, analyzing and interpreting the interviews.
resultsAll YHC professionals were concerned about childhood obesity and perceived prevention of overweight and obesity as an important task of the YHC organization. In terms of frequency and perceived impact, the most important impeding factors for referring parents of overweight children to an intervention were denial of the overweight problem by parents and their resistance towards discussing weight issues. A few YHC professionals indicated that their communication skills in discussing weight issues could be improved, and some professionals mentioned that they had low self-efficacy in raising this topic.
conclusionsWe consider it important that YHC professionals receive more training to increase their self-efficacy and skills in motivating parents of overweight children to participate in obesity prevention interventions. Furthermore, parental awareness towards their child's overweight should be addressed in future studies.
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