An evaluation of the long-term effectiveness of two adult community-based group weight management interventions

Nearly 62% of primary care patients are overweight or obese, and obesity is now a National Health Priority Area. Weight management interventions in primary care currently generate little more than 1 kg of weight loss per patient over a 2-year period. Consequently, further strategies are required to improve the effectiveness of weight management in primary care. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have released updated guidelines for the management of overweight and obese patients in primary care. However, there is some disconnect between establishment of guidelines and their implementation in practice. Barriers to GPs using guidelines for the management of obesity include low self-efficacy, perceived insufficient time in consultations and the challenge of raising the topic of a patient’s weight. Nonetheless, patients prefer to receive weight management support from GPs rather than other health professionals, suggesting that the demand on GPs to support patients in weight management will continue. GPs cannot afford to side-line obesity management, as obesity is likely to be the most prevalent modifiable risk factor associated with patients’ long-term health. Without further strategies to support GPs in their management of patients’ weight, obesity will continue to be an expensive and long-term public health issue.

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Community-based weight management in long-term heart transplant recipients: a pilot study

Progress in Transplantation ◽

10.7182/prtr.17.4.k5h3675752545079 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 315-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jeanne Salyer ◽

Maureen Flattery ◽

Pamela Joyner ◽

Jennifer Friend ◽

R. Elswick

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Weight Management ◽

Heart Transplant ◽

Transplant Recipients ◽

Community Based ◽

Heart Transplant Recipients

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A Long-Term Comprehensive Evaluation of a Family-Based Pediatric Weight Management Program Implemented in Multiple Community-Based and Hospital-Based Sites

Journal of the American Dietetic Association ◽

10.1016/j.jada.2008.06.263 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 108 (9) ◽

pp. A94

Author(s):

C. Wert Rivard ◽

N. Neufeld

Keyword(s):

Weight Management ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Management Program ◽

Weight Management Program ◽

Community Based ◽

Family Based ◽

Pediatric Weight Management

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Life After Weight Loss: Design Implications for Community-based Long-term Weight Management

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) ◽

10.1007/s10606-015-9226-5 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 353-384 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jing Wang ◽

Patrick C. Shih ◽

John M. Carroll

Keyword(s):

Weight Loss ◽

Weight Management ◽

Community Based

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Community-Based Weight Management in Long-Term Heart Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Study

Progress in Transplantation ◽

10.1177/152692480701700410 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 315-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeanne Salyer ◽

Maureen Flattery ◽

Pamela Joyner ◽

Jennifer Friend ◽

R. K. Elswick

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Weight Management ◽

Heart Transplant ◽

Transplant Recipients ◽

Community Based ◽

Heart Transplant Recipients

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Setting targets leads to greater long‐term weight losses and ‘unrealistic’ targets increase the effect in a large community‐based commercial weight management group

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics ◽

10.1111/jhn.12390 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 687-696 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. Avery ◽

S. C. Langley‐Evans ◽

M. Harrington ◽

J. A. Swift

Keyword(s):

Weight Management ◽

Community Based ◽

Large Community ◽

Weight Losses ◽

Management Group

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Maximizing Outcomes in Group Treatment of Aphasia: Lessons Learned From a Community-Based Center

Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders ◽

10.1044/nnsld24.3.100 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 100-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Darlene Williamson

Keyword(s):

Group Treatment ◽

Treatment Protocol ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Group Program ◽

Community Based ◽

Multiple Treatment ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Communication Impairments ◽

Treatment Settings

Given the potential of long term intervention to positively influence speech/language and psychosocial domains, a treatment protocol was developed at the Stroke Comeback Center which addresses communication impairments arising from chronic aphasia. This article presents the details of this program including the group purposes and principles, the use of technology in groups, and the applicability of a group program across multiple treatment settings.

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From Volunteering to Academic Programming: A Case Example

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig17.7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (17) ◽

pp. 7-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cindy Gill ◽

Sneha Bharadwaj ◽

Nancy Quick ◽

Sarah Wainscott ◽

Paula Chance

Keyword(s):

Special Needs ◽

Cultural Relevance ◽

Master's Program ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Community Based ◽

Charitable Organization ◽

Language Pathology ◽

The University

A speech-language pathology master's program that grew out of a partnership between the University of Zambia and a U.S.-based charitable organization, Connective Link Among Special needs Programs (CLASP) International, has just been completed in Zambia. The review of this program is outlined according to the suggested principles for community-based partnerships, a framework which may help evaluate cultural relevance and sustainability in long-term volunteer efforts (Israel, Schulz, Parker, & Becker, 1998).

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