Trial reportPreventing chronic disease2017
A Community Resource Map to Support Clinical-Community Linkages in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Childhood Obesity, Eastern Massachusetts, 2014-2016.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Digital health, technology-driven or technology-assisted interventions for the management of obesity in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Community Resource Assessment Process to Identify and Expand Partnerships That Support a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Program for Uninsured Women.Preventing chronic disease · 2025Article
- Implementation of evidence-based primary cancer prevention interventions in MA community health centers: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study.Research square · 2023Article
- Development and Feasibility Testing of the Clinical-Community Linkage Self-Assessment Survey for Community Organizations.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Planned Evaluation of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2021Article
- Community Health Workers in Action: Community-Clinical Linkages for Diabetes Prevention and Hypertension Management at 3 Community Health Centers.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2019Review
- Factors that influence planning for physical activity among workers in small- and medium-sized enterprises.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Community-Centered Health Home: Life on the Other Side of the Wall.Preventing chronic disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundNovel approaches to health care delivery that leverage community resources could improve outcomes for children at high risk for obesity. COMMUNITY CONTEXT: We describe the process by which we created an online interactive community resources map for use in the Connect for Health randomized controlled trial. The trial was conducted in the 6 pediatric practices that cared for the highest percentage of children with overweight or obesity within a large multi-specialty group practice in eastern Massachusetts.
methodsBy using semistructured interviews with parents and community partners and geographic information systems (GIS), we created and validated a community resource map for use in a randomized controlled trial for childhood obesity. We conducted semistructured interviews with 11 parents and received stakeholder feedback from 5 community partners, 2 pediatricians, and 3 obesity-built environment experts to identify community resources that could support behavior change. We used GIS databases to identify the location of resources. After the resources were validated, we created an online, interactive searchable map. We evaluated parent resource empowerment at baseline and follow-up, examined if the participant families went to new locations for physical activity and food shopping, and evaluated how satisfied the families were with the information they received. OUTCOME: Parents, community partners, and experts identified several resources to be included in the map, including farmers markets, supermarkets, parks, and fitness centers. Parents expressed the need for affordable activities. Parent resource empowerment increased by 0.25 units (95% confidence interval, 0.21-0.30) over the 1-year intervention period; 76.2% of participants were physically active at new places, 57.1% of participant families shopped at new locations; and 71.8% reported they were very satisfied with the information they received.
interpretationParents and community partners identified several community resources that could help support behavior change. Parent resource empowerment and use of community resources increased over the intervention period, suggesting that community resource mapping should inform future interventions.
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