Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of integrated childhood obesity care
Healthcare professionals providing integrated care for children with obesity, experience this type of care as complicated and comprising many barriers and facilitators regarding the four themes of the patient-centered care model and the fifth theme of the integrated care system. This paper demonstrates the patient-centered care model could prove helpful structuring a tailored approach within integrated care. This approach supports healthcare professionals in adopting a broad perspective towards individual and environmental factors and investing in the relationship, with respect to the sensitivity and complexity of childhood obesity.
Authors
- Bibian van der Voorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1299-0067)
- Jacob C. Seidell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9262-9062)
- Erica L T van den Akker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5352-9328)
- Emma van den Eynde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3871-6376)
- Jutka Halberstadt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-4356)
- Leandra Koetsier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-0651)
- Hein Raat
Institutions
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11532-9
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.71
Funders
- ZonMw
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Hartstichting
- Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport