Table 4 Facilitators and barriers in nurse/parent interaction at child health centers
Obesity prevention issue/solution owner | ||
|---|---|---|
Nurses | Parents | |
BMI chart | Concerned parents take the initiative | |
Nurses mainly take the initiative | Positive responses | |
Facilitators | No avoidance—a mission | |
Health promoting activities | ||
Preventive activities | ||
Visual inspection only | Negative responses | |
Height and weight chart only | Parents deliberately want overweight children | |
Barriers | Manual calculation of BMI | Unhealthy diet habits |
Avoidance or delayed information | Lack of active play | |
Voluntariness at CHC is important | ||