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ReviewThe Australian journal of rural health2025

Childhood obesity in the first 2000 days: A focus on primary health care in regional and rural Australia.

Juliana M Betts, Michelle Gooey, Alex Chung, Heather Craig, Heidi Bergmeier, Caroline Amirtharajah, Bernie Peacock, Sophie Ping, Kylie Rix, Stephanie Veal and 1 more

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Review in The Australian journal of rural health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors.

Juliana M BettsHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2309-0454
Michelle GooeyHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Alex ChungHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Heather CraigHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Heidi BergmeierHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Caroline AmirtharajahCity of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Bernie PeacockGrampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Sophie PingBallarat Community Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Kylie RixGrampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Stephanie VealGrampians Health, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Helen SkouterisHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative APP1199826
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionRates of childhood obesity have increased in regional and rural areas in Australia over the past two decades.

objectiveTo review the current literature to gain an understanding of (i) ways to improve access to primary health care in the first 2000 days, (ii) models of care for delivering healthy lifestyle advice in the first 2000 days and (iii) the development of partnerships between health and social care services in the first 2000 days in rural and regional settings.

designThree literature reviews were undertaken. Results were limited to published, peer-reviewed literature from the past 5 years (2017-2022).

findingsAccess to care could be improved through the expansion of telemedicine, nurse roles and community health worker models. A range of organisational and leadership factors facilitated the integration of health and social care services in the first 2000 days in rural areas with evidence of resultant positive health impacts. DISCUSSION: Telemedicine, the expansion of nursing roles and the implementation of a formalised community health worker model, may serve to improve access to primary health care for families in the first 2000 days; however, further research on particular models of care for delivering healthy lifestyle advice to rural and regional families is required.

conclusionPolicy-makers should consider the interdependent nature of increasing access to care, establishing best practice models of care and strengthening local partnerships to prevent and manage childhood obesity in the first 2000 days in rural and regional areas.

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Health Services AccessibilityPediatric ObesityPrimary Health CareRural Health ServicesRural PopulationAustraliaChildHumansTelemedicinehealth servicesinfantpaediatricsrural healthsocial determinants of health

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PMID39907191
PMCPMC11795705

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