Improving access to first‐line treatment for pediatric obesity: Lessons from the dissemination of SmartMoves
Authors' conclusion
System- and organizational-level barriers impeded sustainment of an evidence-based IHBLT program. Adequate funding could enable sufficient staffing and training to promote fidelity to the intervention's core functions and adaptation to fit local populations/context.
Study context
- Population
- Key informants at US sites that acquired the SmartMoves curriculum (Bright Bodies intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) for pediatric obesity), disseminated to ≥30 sites 2003–201816 sites surveyed (53%)
- Outcome
- Barriers to and facilitators of IHBLT implementation/sustainment
Methodological detailssurveys and interviews of key informants, constant comparative method
- Surveys and interviews of key informants
- Constant comparative method
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Sites that implemented SmartMoves
11
63%
Sites that discontinued SmartMoves before the COVID-19 pandemic
7
Original publication
Improving access to first‐line treatment for pediatric obesity: Lessons from the dissemination of SmartMoves. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 28 August 2024. doi:10.
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