Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Pediatric Obesity--Prevention and Control"
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Assessing facilitating factors and barriers to body mass index screening among school nurses
Child obesity among school age children is epidemic in the United States (U.S.). A critical review of literature was completed that concluded that Body Mass Index (BMI) screening for early identification and growth ... -
Combating childhood obesity with provider education: A quantitative study
(2017-01-23)The study included an educational program to providers and nurse practitioner students in order to evaluate whether an increase in knowledge and accuracy occurred based on knowledge of evidenced-based responses ... -
Increasing parental self-efficacy through education to impact child health behavior
(2017-06-01)Childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally (Karnik & Danekar, 2012). The prevalence of childhood obesity has continued to increase causing a rise in several comorbidities at an ... -
Patients' perception of the use of motivational interviewing for childhood obesity treatment: A qualitative study
(2017-03-03)The purpose of this qualitative interpretive descriptive study was to better understand children’s perceptions of the use of motivational interviewing (MI) as a communication style for childhood obesity ...