Add to ORKGDr. Pbert will present work from an academic and community partnership between UMMS and the School Health Unit of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to design and test a brief intervention for school nurses to provide weight management assistance to overweight and obese adolescents in the school health setting. She will discuss why the school nurse and school health setting are promising venues for addressing adolescent overweight, present results from their pilot study, and discuss facilitators, barriers and strategies to implementing this treatment model
Over the past two decades, childhood obesity has increased rapidly. As schools have extensive access...
Background: Obesity is one of the most common causes of illness among children and adolescents. Scho...
Background: Childhood obesity has escalated to an alarming proportion in the last twenty years. It i...
BACKGROUND: Models are needed for implementing weight management interventions for adolescents throu...
Adolescent obesity is a growing health concern in the United States due to its increasing prevalence...
OBJECTIVE: In preparation for a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of a school nurse-delivered int...
BACKGROUND: Given the dramatic increase in adolescent overweight and obesity, models are needed for ...
Childhood obesity has become a major health concern for children of all ages. One out of every three...
SCHOOL NURSING INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY: Integrative Literature Review Sara Hewit...
Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic and has gained notoriety as a public health issue. ...
Lack of education in the outpatient setting related to causes, complications, and prevention of obes...
This study aimed to identify the contributions of community nurses in school-based health promotion ...
Background. With childhood obesity on the rise in the United States, school nurses are faced with th...
AbstractObesity in adolescents is a worldwide epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control...
Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States, affecting individuals of all ages. Adolescents ...
Over the past two decades, childhood obesity has increased rapidly. As schools have extensive access...
Background: Obesity is one of the most common causes of illness among children and adolescents. Scho...
Background: Childhood obesity has escalated to an alarming proportion in the last twenty years. It i...
BACKGROUND: Models are needed for implementing weight management interventions for adolescents throu...
Adolescent obesity is a growing health concern in the United States due to its increasing prevalence...
OBJECTIVE: In preparation for a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of a school nurse-delivered int...
BACKGROUND: Given the dramatic increase in adolescent overweight and obesity, models are needed for ...
Childhood obesity has become a major health concern for children of all ages. One out of every three...
SCHOOL NURSING INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY: Integrative Literature Review Sara Hewit...
Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic and has gained notoriety as a public health issue. ...
Lack of education in the outpatient setting related to causes, complications, and prevention of obes...
This study aimed to identify the contributions of community nurses in school-based health promotion ...
Background. With childhood obesity on the rise in the United States, school nurses are faced with th...
AbstractObesity in adolescents is a worldwide epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control...
Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States, affecting individuals of all ages. Adolescents ...
Over the past two decades, childhood obesity has increased rapidly. As schools have extensive access...
Background: Obesity is one of the most common causes of illness among children and adolescents. Scho...
Background: Childhood obesity has escalated to an alarming proportion in the last twenty years. It i...