Why don’t families initiate treatment? A qualitative multicentre study investigating parents’ reasons for declining paediatric weight management | Zendy

Arnaldo Perez | Zendy; Nicholas L. Holt | Zendy; Rebecca Gokiert | Zendy; JeanPierre Chanoine | Zendy; Laurent Legault | Zendy; Katherine M. Morrison | Zendy; Arya M. Sharma | Zendy; Geoff D.C. Ball | Zendy

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Why don’t families initiate treatment? A qualitative multicentre study investigating parents’ reasons for declining paediatric weight management

Author(s) -

Arnaldo Perez,

Nicholas L. Holt,

Rebecca Gokiert,

JeanPierre Chanoine,

Laurent Legault,

Katherine M. Morrison,

Arya M. Sharma,

Geoff D.C. Ball

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

paediatrics and child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1918-1485

pISSN - 1205-7088

DOI - 10.1093/pch/20.4.179

Subject(s) - weight management , medicine , family medicine , obesity , childhood obesity , multidisciplinary approach , situational ethics , body mass index , health care , focus group , weight loss , pediatrics , overweight , psychology , economics , economic growth , social psychology , social science , business , pathology , marketing , sociology

Many families referred to specialized health services for managing paediatric obesity do not initiate treatment; however, reasons for noninitiation are poorly understood.

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