Allen Strickler Susan Cluett Paige Hornsby MPH Presentation 22 April 2011 ADDRESSING THE CURRENT PEDIATRIC OBESITY EPIDEMIC THROUGH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION

OBJECTIVES Introduction to the pediatric obesity problem Project: Practice gaps of Health Care Providers (HCP) in Virginia Address practice gaps: Learning Materials Conclusions, lessons learned, and future directions

INTRODUCTION Pediatrics overweight/obesity defined by BMI (kg/m 2 ): overweight: percentile, obese: >95 percentile Relatively new problem. Rate of overweight/obese increased from 4-5% in the 1960’s to approximately 16-20% currently. Affects all groups. Disparities

SIGNIFICANT HEALTH ISSUE

WHAT CAN BE DONE? Address current problems and origins of problems Children’s Fitness Clinic (CFC) HCPs role instituting change: Practice gaps in Identification, management, referrals, and evaluation.

OUR PROJECT Develop learning materials in CME and online toolkit form Multi-mode survey questionnaire to address practice gaps 310 HCP’s in CFC catchment area QuestionPro

QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS Completion rate: 70/310 (23%) Question categories: HCP characteristics, practices, CFC specific, open-ended Analyzed data in QuestionPro Cross tabulation

CHARACTERISTICS

PRACTICES

CFC SPECIFIC

OPEN-ENDED QUESTION RESPONSES

CROSS TABULATION

CME MODULE AND TOOLKIT General areas of focus: Identification: BMI checks (FM) Management: Comorbidities Referrals: Timing Evaluation: Success Metrics CME Module: General Management and Referrals, Motivational Interviewing Online Toolkit: Comorbidity Management

CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED Practice gaps exist in identification: ID, management, referral, evaluation Questionnaire results will help us develop learning materials Importance of ‘subjective’ vs ‘objective’ data

THE FUTURE Our Project Evaluation of learning materials Second survey Chart study Pediatric Obesity Problems and origins of those problems Move from ‘treatment’ to ‘prevention’

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