Obesity care strategies in primary care practices

Adolfo J. Ariza*, Holly Ruch-Ross, Alexis Sawyer, Sue Batey, Michelle Maloney, Tim Wall, Valerie Hines, Kattia Robles, Debbie Sontag, Karen Susan Haverkamp, Susan Lopez, Helen J. Binns

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Abstract

We evaluated pediatric obesity clinics for internal referrals developed at 5 primary care offices. Clinics developed site-specific strategies: 1 group approach and 4 clinics providing individualized care only. Clinicians reported patient/family motivation as an important referral consideration and compliance as the greatest challenge and perceive clinics to have provided some help.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)152-155.e1
Journaljournal of pediatrics
Volume161
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012

Funding

Funded by the Northwestern University's Clinical and Translational Sciences Award UL1 RR0254741 , and quality improvement program implementation was funded by Michael and Susan Dell Foundation , Community Environmental Approaches and Evaluation Initiatives (to Philip Greenland, MD, and Matt Longjohn, MD, respectively, Principal Investigators S.B., M.M., T.W., V.H., K.R., D.S., and K.H. are employed by the practices that are the subjects of this study. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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