Learning How To Keep TABS (Talking about BMI Screening)

候选人：Eliana M.Perrin，医学博士，M.P.H.，北卡罗来纳大学(UNC)儿科学助理教授，拥有Robert Wood Johnson临床学者奖学金，接受流行病学和研究方法方面的培训，对生物心理社会疾病，特别是肥胖症感兴趣。职业目标：成为一名富有成效的、独立的调查员，能够严格研究儿科提供者如何促进儿童健康体重。职业发展计划：Perrin博士计划学习定性方法、风险沟通和临床试验的适当进行。研究研究：最重要的假设是，父母和儿科医生都没有适当地认识到孩子的体重状况，这阻碍了早期干预。改进的体重状况筛查和对新推荐的身体质量指数(BMI)结果的敏感沟通将帮助父母认识到他们的孩子超重的风险，激励他们采取推荐的行为策略，并让孩子走上更健康的体重轨迹。这个应用程序的目标是通过定性方法调查体重状况沟通的父母和儿科医生方面，并设计和测试我们所称的“记录标签”(谈论BMI筛查)的可行性，这是一种干预措施，旨在改善4个儿科实践(2个干预；2个对照)的BMI状况沟通。这项先导性研究将为以后的多点随机试验提供信息。环境：这项研究将在北卡罗来纳大学的儿科连续性诊所和附属于AccessCare的诊所进行，AccessCare是一个照顾该州医疗补助人口的成熟的医生网络。佩林博士的培训将在北卡罗来纳大学丰富的学习环境中进行。指导：一支富有成效、成功的研究团队将指导佩林博士的研究和培训。该团队在肥胖的临床心理学(Bulik博士)、初级保健环境中的肥胖预防(Ammerman博士)、定性方法(Steckler博士)、肥胖预防/治疗的临床试验(Robinson博士)以及筛查和预防(Gillman博士)方面拥有坚实的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Candidate: Eliana M. Perrin, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina (UNC), has a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars fellowship for training in epidemiology and research methods and is interest in biospychosocial illnesses, particularly obesity. Career Goals: To become a productive, independent investigator who can rigorously study ways pediatric providers can facilitate healthy weight in children. Career Development Plans: Dr. Perrin plans to learn qualitative methodologies, risk communication, and the appropriate conduct of clinical trials. Research Study: The overarching hypothesis is that neither parents nor pediatricians appropriately recognize children's weight status, impeding early intervention. Improved weight status screening and sensitive communication of newly recommended Body Mass Index (BMI) results will help parents recognize their children's risk for overweight, motivate them to adopt recommended behavioral strategies, and set children on healthier weight trajectories. This application's goals are to investigate the parent and pediatrician sides of weight status communication via qualitative methods and to design and test the feasibility of what we call "Keep TABS" (Talking About BMI Screening), an intervention to improve communication of BMI status at 4 pediatric practices (2 intervention; 2 control). This pilot study will inform a later multi-site, randomized trial. Environment: This study will take place at the UNC pediatric continuity clinic and practices affiliated with AccessCare, a well-established network of physicians caring for the state's Medicaid population. Dr. Perrin's training will take place in the rich learning environment of UNC. Mentorship: A team of productive, successful researchers will guide Dr. Perrin in research and training. The team boasts strong foundations in the clinical psychology of obesity (Dr. Bulik), obesity prevention in primary care settings (Dr. Ammerman), qualitative methods (Dr. Steckler), clinical trials of obesity prevention/treatment (Dr. Robinson), and screening and prevention (Dr. Gillman).