Delphine Kirkove, Sara Willems, Esther Van Poel, Nadia Dardenne, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Elodie Perrin, Cécile Ponsar, Christian Mallen, Neophytos Stylianou, Claire Collins, Rémi Gagnayre, Benoit Pétré
Characteristics of primary care practices associated with patient education during COVID-19: results of the cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study in 38 countries
BMC primary care
despite children living rural us areas 26 greater odds affected obesity compared living urban areas implementation evidencebased programs rural schools rare collected quantitative data weight height 272 racially ethnically diverse students baseline qualitative data students 4 focus groups parents school staff 16 semistructured interviews 29 surveys evaluate program outcomes perceptions 2year followup paired data 157 students represented racialethnic groups 59 nonhispanic white 31 nonhispanic black 10 hispanic showed overall mean change sd bmi zscore 004 059 decrease 008 069 boys significant 018 033 decrease among hispanic students boys mean decrease obesity prevalence 3 percentage points 17 14 hispanic students largest mean decrease bmi percentile qualitative data showed positive perceptions catch program implementation communityengaged research collaboration academic institution health department local wellness coalition rural elementary school demonstrated successful catch program implementation showed promising outcomes mean bmi changes