Table 2 Other materials for project leaders
From: The development of the Dutch “National model integrated care for childhood overweight and obesity”
Material | Description |
|---|---|
Overview of how the integrated care can be financed a,b | The different elements of the integrated care were described as financed in multiple ways. Some of the care is reimbursed by health insurers, some of the support and care can be financed by legally binding responsibility of the municipalities, and some parts of the care are not financed at all or are only financed by local temporary arrangements. This overview by experts in the field provides a vision on the financing plus the different laws and possible financing sources available [39] |
Description of the role of the coordinating professional a | A description of characteristics of the role of the coordinating professional, including tasks to be carried out and required competences, knowledge and skills, and how the role relates to the network of other professionals and organisations [59]. This description was established on the basis of practical experiences in the municipalities of Amsterdam and ‘s-Hertogenbosch |
Tool for the first thousand days a | A description of how the national model can be adapted to the youngest target group (children from conception up to the age of 2 years and their parents) and specific tools to support these children in their first thousand days to prevent and reduce overweight [60,61,62,63] |
Description of a local vision and a tool for local reimbursement a | A description of the municipality’s vision and theoretical foundation of the local purchasing policy of integrated care for childhood overweight and obesity [64]. It aims to share the current state, practical experiences and challenges as good practice. Also a tool to determine the quality of an intervention, looking to arrive at an unambiguous vision of the quality of support and care for children with overweight and obesity [65] |
Description of the specialised care plan at the hospital a | A description of the position and function of the specialised care programme within the hospital but most of all within the integrated care for children with obesity. Explains which tasks, activities and responsibilities are required of the care providers [66, 67] |
Animation video about the integrated care c | A 5-min animated video developed by science, policy and practice experts on the highlights of the integrated care as described in the national model [68] |
Summaries of the national model a.b | Easy-to-read summaries in Dutch and English of the contents of the National model integrated care for childhood overweight and obesity [45, 69] |