TY - JOUR
T1 - Get healthy together
T2 - A program to improve counseling for childhood obesity in community- based WIC clinics
AU - Lockner, Donna W.
AU - Kibbe, Debra
AU - Marley, Scott
AU - Trowbridge, Frederick
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Counseling parents of overweight children is a sensitive issue that has been reported to be difficult for many health professionals. The Get Healthy Together (GHT) project involved an 18 month intervention that provided skills training and new tools to Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program staff and a staff wellness program to improve the physical self concept and functioning of WIC employees. All WIC staff from the 48 WIC clinics in New Mexico participated in this study. The design used random assignment to intervention or control condition. Staff participating in the Get Healthy Together project reported improved confidence in their ability to counsel parents of overweight children and improved counseling skills related to health behaviors. Use of the innovative tools provided visual aids that helped parents understand the health implications of their child's weight without the parents becoming defensive. These tools are publicly available in English and Spanish on the WIC Works Sharing Gallery.
AB - Counseling parents of overweight children is a sensitive issue that has been reported to be difficult for many health professionals. The Get Healthy Together (GHT) project involved an 18 month intervention that provided skills training and new tools to Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program staff and a staff wellness program to improve the physical self concept and functioning of WIC employees. All WIC staff from the 48 WIC clinics in New Mexico participated in this study. The design used random assignment to intervention or control condition. Staff participating in the Get Healthy Together project reported improved confidence in their ability to counsel parents of overweight children and improved counseling skills related to health behaviors. Use of the innovative tools provided visual aids that helped parents understand the health implications of their child's weight without the parents becoming defensive. These tools are publicly available in English and Spanish on the WIC Works Sharing Gallery.
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U2 - 10.1353/hpu.2014.0085
DO - 10.1353/hpu.2014.0085
M3 - Article
C2 - 24858885
AN - SCOPUS:84901262545
SN - 1049-2089
VL - 25
SP - 771
EP - 786
JO - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
JF - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
IS - 2
ER -