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Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH
Eibhlín Looney1, Moira Duffy1, Helen Ahern Galvin2
1School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
Insights
This study refines the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention to prevent childhood obesity. Findings will improve future implementation and evaluation of this primary care-based program.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Pediatrics
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Childhood obesity is a major global health issue with long-term mental and physical consequences.
- Infant feeding practices during the first year significantly impact obesity development.
- The Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention targets healthy infant feeding for obesity prevention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To refine the delivery and trial processes of the CHErIsH intervention.
- To enhance the likelihood of successful future implementation and evaluation of the intervention.
- To address challenges identified in a previous feasibility study.
Main Methods:
- A mixed-methods approach across three phases.
- Phase 1: Development of refinements based on feasibility study and expert input.
- Phase 2: Online survey of caregiver attitudes towards proposed refinements.
- Phase 3: Stakeholder consensus meeting (nominal group technique) to finalize intervention and trial processes.
Main Results:
- The study aims to address uncertainties in intervention delivery and trial processes.
- Refinements will be developed based on feasibility data and expert multidisciplinary team input.
- Caregiver attitudes towards proposed refinements will be evaluated via a mixed-methods survey.
Conclusions:
- This project will refine the CHErIsH intervention and its trial processes.
- The refined intervention is expected to have a higher likelihood of successful implementation and evaluation.
- Findings will support a primary-care based approach to childhood obesity prevention.
Background:
Childhood obesity is a significant global public health challenge, with significant adverse effects on both mental and physical health outcomes. During the period from birth to one-year, modifiable caregiver behaviours, such as what, how and when infants are fed, can influence obesity development and prevention. The Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention was developed to support healthy infant feeding practices to prevent childhood obesity in the first year. A feasibility study examined acceptability and feasibility of the CHErIsH intervention in primary care and identified key challenges and possible areas for refinement of the intervention and trial processes. The current project aims to refine delivery of the CHErIsH intervention and trial processes to maximise the likelihood of successful future implementation and evaluation.
Methods:
This study will utilise a mixed-methods approach and will be conducted in three phases. In Phase 1 potential refinements to the CHErIsH intervention delivery and trial processes will be developed from a review of the feasibility study findings and input from the multidisciplinary team. An online mixed-methods survey will be conducted in Phase 2 to evaluate caregiver attitudes about the proposed refinements from Phase 1. Participants will be pregnant women, their partners, and/or parents/primary caregivers of infants up to 2-years of age, based in Ireland. Participants will be recruited using convenience and snowball sampling. In Phase 3 a stakeholder consensus meeting, using the nominal group technique, will be conducted to agree the refined intervention and trial processes. Stakeholders will include healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and parents/caregivers, who will discuss and rate refinements in terms of preference.
Conclusions:
Findings from this study will address uncertainties in the intervention delivery and trial processes of the CHErIsH intervention, with the potential to maximise the likelihood of successful future implementation and evaluation of a primary-care based obesity prevention intervention.
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