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. 2021 Sep 24;17(Suppl 1):S-48–S-54. doi: 10.1089/chi.2021.0177

Table 1.

Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management Intervention Functions and Forms

Intervention functions and forms
 
Core function Form CFIR construct
Offer multidisciplinary team support for children with overweight or obesity in the context of primary care that offers nutritional assessment, behavioral change counseling, goal setting, medical management and tracking of BMI, and linkage to community resources Clinician, nutritionist/Registered Dietitian, Community Health Worker
Offered in-person, virtual, telephone support
Inner Setting—Networks and communications
Characteristics of individuals—Training
Ensure the child receives at least 26 contact hours of treatment consistent with the USPSTF recommendations Individual and group visit curriculums
Healthy lifestyle and wellness counseling, including: physical activity counseling, nutrition counseling, and mindfulness
Intervention characteristics—Evidence strength and quality
Coordinating care in the community and eliminating barriers to achieving a healthy lifestyle Healthy Weight Clinic staff facilitates connections to community resources
Addressing unmet social needs
Phone contact in between visits to ensure families have access to the resources they need
Outer setting—Patient needs and resources and cosmopolitanism
Creating infrastructure for providers on how to identify, counsel, and refer a child with overweight/obesity Electronic Health Record Clinical Decision Support tool to: (1) identify children with overweight or obesity, (2) Order recommended labs, (3) Provide healthy lifestyle counseling, and (4) Make appropriate referrals and follow-up
Workflow modifications
Inner setting, implementation climate, workflow
Reinforcement of healthy lifestyle outside of clinic Direct to patient family messaging campaign around healthy lifestyle changes
Phone contact in between visits to check in on barriers and facilitators for healthy lifestyle change
Outer setting—Patient needs and resources

CFIR, Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research; USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.