“Let me take the lead”: Qualitative Findings From the Parent-Preferred Topics for Childhood Obesity Study
Understanding caregivers' level and reasons for concern about their children's health can inform risk communication, and understanding barriers to accessing care can improve obesity counseling. These results will support the future development of a best-worst scaling tool to prioritize caregiver concerns among a larger and more generalizable sample, which may enable clinicians to better target caregiver concerns in motivational interviewing.
Authors
- Brian E. Saelens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6998-6339)
- Kristin Karpowicz
- Elena Faugno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5778-8316)
- Faye Holder-Niles
- Jessica LeBlanc
- Davene R. Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-4572)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJPM Focus
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100355
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- NHLBI Division of Intramural Research