Table 3 Materials for healthcare professionals
From: The development of the Dutch “National model integrated care for childhood overweight and obesity”
Material | Description |
|---|---|
Tool for broad assessment (step 2 of the national model) a | A conversation guide to conduct a broad assessment by a coordinating professional as a basis for drafting a support and care plan together with the child and family [70]. The tool provides an overview of child, family and lifestyle factors with insight into factors that might hinder or promote sustainable behavioural change. The tool is accompanied by a work instruction [71] |
Webtool for measuring health-related quality of life of children with overweight and obesity a,b,d | Two validated questionnaires to measure HRQOL were made available for use in the Netherlands [30]. A scalable webtool incorporating these two questionnaires was developed for measuring HRQOL as part of the tailored diagnosis and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity. The webtool was implemented, evaluated and improved [72]. A factsheet [73] based on research [32] on quality of life in treatment-seeking children with overweight, obesity and severe obesity was published |
Booklet on discussing weight and lifestyle with children and parents a,b | Research was conducted on several topics related to discussing weight and lifestyle: weight-based terminology in health care [35, 36], weight-biased attitudes among healthcare professionals [33], and self-efficacy and barriers of healthcare professionals [34]. Based on the research results and other available scientific literature, a booklet was developed with information on how to discuss weight and lifestyle with children and parents, including a section with information about the theoretical background of the recommendations [74] |
Training initiatives on health-related quality of life, weight-biased attitudes, and discussing weight and lifestyle e | Based on national and international research, and because of requests for information from practice, three training initiatives were developed and frequently given: a workshop on measuring and discussing health-related quality of life [75], a workshop on how to become aware of and handle weight-biased attitudes and stigma [76], and a workshop and multiple-day training initiative on discussing weight and lifestyle with children and their parents [77] |