Table 4.

Weight-Management-Related Training and Resource Needs of Primary Care Providers in Georgia

	All		Pediatricians		Family practice physicians			NP/PA
	(N=656)		(N=265)		(N=143)			(N=248)
	%	n	%	n	%	n	p value*	%	n	p value*
Training
Ways to more easily identify problems	18.8	123	13.6	36	23.8	34	0.01	21.4	53	0.02
Better tools to communicate problems	54.9	360	55.9	148	49.7	71	0.23	56.9	141	0.82
Easy-to-understand management guidelines	38.4	252	35.9	95	39.2	56	0.51	40.7	101	0.26
More staff training	16.6	109	14.7	39	20.3	29	0.15	16.5	41	0.57
More training for themselves	20.4	134	22.6	60	16.8	24	0.16	20.2	50	0.49
Counseling and goal setting
Better reimbursement	29.0	190	29.1	77	42.0	60	0.01	21.4	53	0.05
Better counseling tools to guide lifestyle change	42.1	276	46.4	123	28.0	40	<0.001	45.6	113	0.85
Better information systems to document and track goals	17.5	115	18.1	48	17.5	25	0.87	16.9	42	0.73
Referral
Better information systems to identify referral services	19.8	130	19.6	52	18.2	26	0.72	21.0	52	0.71
Better mechanism to connect patients to referral services	24.2	159	27.2	72	22.4	32	0.29	22.2	55	0.19

^*Chi-squared test; p<0.05 significant.

NP/PA, nurse practitioner/physician's assistant.