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Challenges of implementing routine health behavior change support in a children's hospital setting

Laura Elwell1, Jane Powell2, Sharon Wordsworth3

  • 1Research and Development, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, England, UK.

Patient Education and Counseling
|May 8, 2014
PubMed

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Implementing health behavior change advice in children's hospitals is challenging due to health professional and patient factors. Targeted training is crucial for pediatric health professionals to improve patient health outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Healthcare
  • Health Behavior Change
  • Implementation Science

Background:

  • Health behavior change initiatives often face implementation challenges.
  • Integrating brief advice into routine pediatric care requires understanding specific barriers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore barriers and facilitators to implementing health behavior change brief advice in a UK children's hospital.
  • To identify factors influencing the routine practice of health behavior change support for children.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study utilizing semi-structured interviews.
  • 33 health professionals from diverse roles and specialties in a UK children's hospital were interviewed.

Main Results:

  • Two key themes emerged: 'health professional knowledge, beliefs and behaviors' and 'patient and family related challenges'.
  • Specific challenges include lack of confidence, prioritizing patient relationships, knowledge gaps, and low patient motivation.

Conclusions:

  • Pediatric health professionals encounter unique challenges in supporting health behavior change.
  • Skills-based training is essential for equipping pediatric professionals to effectively promote health behavior change in young patients and their families.
Abstract

Keywords:
Health behavior changeInterventionsPediatricsQualitative

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