Clinical-Community Collaboration: A Strategy to Improve Retention and Outcomes in Low-Income Minority Youth in Family-Based Obesity Treatment
Author(s) -
Gina L. Tripicchio,
Alice S. Ammerman,
Dianne S. Ward,
Myles S. Faith,
Kimberly P. Truesdale,
Kyle S. Burger,
Kelsey Dean,
Levent Dumenci,
Ann M. Davis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
childhood obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2153-2176
pISSN - 2153-2168
DOI - 10.1089/chi.2017.0266
Subject(s) - medicine , attendance , body mass index , percentile , obesity , childhood obesity , community health , physical therapy , family medicine , pediatrics , gerontology , overweight , public health , nursing , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Clinical-community collaboration is a promising strategy for pediatric obesity treatment, but current research is limited. This study examined the effect of a family-based treatment program embedded in a primary care clinic on retention and changes in child weight status at 1 year.
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