ArticleBMC health services research2024
Healthcare professionals' perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of integrated childhood obesity care.
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- Management of Adolescent Obesity by Pediatricians in Western Macedonia, Greece: Updated Knowledge and Daily Clinical Practice in a Geographically Challenging Region.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceptions and Practices of Healthcare Professionals in Managing Pediatric Obesity: Insight from a Focus Group Interviews in South Korea.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Communication-Based Teaching on Childhood Obesity and the Planetary Health Diet in Medical Education: Proof-of-Concept Study Comparing 4 Information Sources.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Current Practices and Challenges in Pediatric Obesity Management (POM): A Nationwide Survey of Physicians in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Leadership in Obesity Care: Strategies to Support Healthcare Professionals in Effective Decisions, Communication, and Solutions - A Scoping Review.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2026Review
- Applying a participatory system dynamics approach to childhood overweight and obesity in the local context: reflections from the LIKE project.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Parental Perspectives on Pediatric Obesity Prevention and Management in Korea: Insights into Barriers and Facilitators.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundBoth the causes and consequences of childhood obesity can be complex. To provide healthcare that is suitably tailored to the specific needs of children with obesity integrated care is required. The objective of this study was to explore the perceived barriers and facilitators of healthcare professionals (HCPs) in providing integrated care for children with obesity, to support them in tailoring the healthcare approach.
methodsIn this qualitative study, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 healthcare professionals with experience in childhood obesity care; pediatricians, youth healthcare nurses and a youth healthcare physician. A two-phased thematic content analysis was performed: an inductive analysis with open and selective coding and a deductive analysis with axial coding using the patient-centered care model by Stewart.
resultsOverall, the healthcare professionals defined the etiology of obesity as complex, and experienced the integrated care as complicated. The results fit into the four theme-structure of the patient-centered care model, with the integrated care system as an additional fifth theme. The main barriers were perceived within the sub-themes of illness and healthcare experiences, and sensitivity over talking about weight-related issues. The main facilitators were perceived within the sub-themes of conducting a biomedical, psychosocial and lifestyle assessment, tailoring the approach to families' situation and investing in a family-professional relationship. Weight stigma appeared to be an underlying barrier for healthcare professionals that impacted, both explicitly and implicitly, upon all themes.
conclusionsHealthcare professionals providing integrated care for children with obesity, experience this type of care as complicated and comprising many barriers and facilitators regarding the four themes of the patient-centered care model and the fifth theme of the integrated care system. This paper demonstrates the patient-centered care model could prove helpful structuring a tailored approach within integrated care. This approach supports healthcare professionals in adopting a broad perspective towards individual and environmental factors and investing in the relationship, with respect to the sensitivity and complexity of childhood obesity.
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