Providers as weight coaches: using practice guides and motivational interview to treat obesity in the pediatric office.
Motivational interview techniques combined with an evidence-based guideline provide valuable tools for the treatment of childhood obesity. The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' Healthy Eating and Activity Together guidelines were adopted in a rural pediatric office. After a 6-month pilot, effectiveness of treatment was evaluated with a retrospective chart review. The results suggest that children were motivated for healthy lifestyle changes but had difficulty maintaining motivation and compliance with healthy change choices after 1-2 months; however, with consistent use of motivational interviewing techniques combined with diet and exercise counseling, there was a trend toward lowered body mass index and waist measurements.
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- Societies, Nursing
- Rural Health Services
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- Pediatric Nursing
- Obesity
- Nursing Evaluation Research
- Nursing
- Motivation
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- Treatment Outcome
- Societies, Nursing
- Rural Health Services
- Retrospective Studies
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Pediatric Nursing
- Obesity
- Nursing Evaluation Research
- Nursing
- Motivation