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Background: Because overweight and obesity are still increasing and prevention of childhood obesity is more likely to be effective when initiated in preschool children, the Child Health Service in the south of Sweden developed a structured child-centred health dialogue model targeting all 4-year-old children and their families. The aim of this study was to describe parents' recalled experiences of this health dialogue in children with overweight.
Methods: A qualitative inductive approach with purposeful sampling was used. Thirteen individual interviews with parents (including 11 mothers and 3 fathers) were conducted and analysed with qualitative content analysis.
Results: The analysis resulted in two categories: 'A valuable visit with a subtle individual impact' that described parents' recalled experiences of the health dialogue and 'There is a complex interaction between weight and lifestyle' that reflected the parents' perceptions of the relationship between their children's weight and lifestyle.
Conclusions: Parents recalled the child-centred health dialogue as important and described discussing a healthy lifestyle as one of the obligations of the Child Health Service. Parents wanted confirmation that their family lifestyle was healthy; however, they did not want to discuss the relationship between their family lifestyle and their children's weight. Parents expressed that when their child followed the child's growth curve, then this indicated healthy growth. This study supports using the child-centred health dialogue as a model to provide structure for discussing a healthy lifestyle and growth but highlights the difficulties of discussing body mass index and overweight, especially in the presence of children.
Methods: A qualitative inductive approach with purposeful sampling was used. Thirteen individual interviews with parents (including 11 mothers and 3 fathers) were conducted and analysed with qualitative content analysis.
Results: The analysis resulted in two categories: 'A valuable visit with a subtle individual impact' that described parents' recalled experiences of the health dialogue and 'There is a complex interaction between weight and lifestyle' that reflected the parents' perceptions of the relationship between their children's weight and lifestyle.
Conclusions: Parents recalled the child-centred health dialogue as important and described discussing a healthy lifestyle as one of the obligations of the Child Health Service. Parents wanted confirmation that their family lifestyle was healthy; however, they did not want to discuss the relationship between their family lifestyle and their children's weight. Parents expressed that when their child followed the child's growth curve, then this indicated healthy growth. This study supports using the child-centred health dialogue as a model to provide structure for discussing a healthy lifestyle and growth but highlights the difficulties of discussing body mass index and overweight, especially in the presence of children.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 289 |
| Journal | BMC Health Services Research |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Pediatrics
- Nursing
Free keywords
- Child centred
- Childhood obesity prevention
- Family-based
- Primary care
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GSV: Child Centred Health Dialogue- a model to promote a healthy lifestyle in families and prevent overweight and obesity in preschool children.
Derwig, M., Kristensson Hallström, I., Tiberg, I. & Björk, J.
2016/04/01 → 2022/12/31
Project: Dissertation
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LUC3 - Lund University Child Centered Care
Kristensson Hallström, I., Magnusson, B., Lindgren, B., Hansson, K., Hegaard, H. K., Tiberg, I., Landgren, K., Shargie, M. B., Carlsson, A., Kvist, L., Ekelin, M., Derwig, M., Björk, J., Steen Carlsson, K., Skoog, M., Lefevre, Å., Hansson, H., Persson, E., Pålsson, P., Jerene, D., Idvall, M., Bergström, S., Johnsson, B. A., Dykes, A., Erlandsson, L., Edwinson Månsson, M., Berggren, V., Schmiegelow, K., Selander, B., Castor, A., Nilsson, G., Nordmark, E., Sjöström-Strand, A., Gårdling, J., Måstrup, R., Lundqvist, P., Castor, C., Sivberg, B., Quaye, A. A. & Persson, M. C.
The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund, Diabetesfonden - Stiftelsen Svenska Diabetesförbundets Forskningsfond, Ekhagastiftelsen, County Administrative Board, Östergötlands län, Swedish Research Council, Region Skåne, Crafoord Foundation, Fanny Ekdahls Stiftelse, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (Forte)
2013/01/01 → 2021/12/31
Project: Research
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