Childhood obesity: a transtheoretical case management approach

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Heather N Mason1, Valerie Crabtree, Paul Caudill

  • 1School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40047, USA. hncart01@louisville.edu

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
|September 23, 2008
PubMed

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Childhood obesity persists into adulthood and resists standard interventions. A new case management model, based on the transtheoretical framework, is introduced for primary care settings to effectively treat childhood obesity.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern with significant links to chronic diseases in both children and adults.
  • Obesity in childhood often continues into adulthood and is challenging to manage with traditional methods focusing solely on diet and physical activity.
  • Current interventions lack theoretical grounding and fail to consider patient perceptions or stages of behavioral change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel intervention model for childhood obesity treatment.
  • To integrate case management within a primary care setting.
  • To base the intervention on the transtheoretical model of behavior change.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing case management principles.
  • Applying the transtheoretical framework.
  • Implementing the intervention in a primary care environment.

Main Results:

  • This section is not detailed in the abstract, but the study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model.

Conclusions:

  • A transtheoretical framework combined with case management offers a promising approach to treating childhood obesity in primary care.
  • This integrated model addresses the limitations of traditional interventions by considering behavioral change stages and individual perceptions.

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