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Selection of priority groups for obesity prevention current approaches and development of an evidence-informed framework

Nichols, M. S. and Swinburn, B. A. 2010, Selection of priority groups for obesity prevention current approaches and development of an evidence-informed framework, Obesity reviews, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 731-739.

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Title Selection of priority groups for obesity prevention current approaches and development of an evidence-informed framework
Author(s) Nichols, M. S.
Swinburn, B. A.
Journal name Obesity reviews
Volume number 11
Issue number 10
Start page 731
End page 739
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Place of publication Oxford, England
Publication date 2010-10
ISSN 1467-7881
1467-789X
1743-7008
Summary Resources for obesity prevention interventions are inevitably limited, necessitating the selection of priority groups to ensure effective and equitable use of funds. This paper aims to review published approaches to selection of priority groups ('target populations') for obesity prevention, and to present the development of a new systematic framework for organizing and assessing evidence for selecting priority groups. A review was conducted of the process and justification described for selecting priority groups in a sample of obesity prevention publications. Using the results of this review and adaptation of theory and frameworks in both the obesity prevention and health promotion priority-setting literature, a framework was developed for assessment of potential priority groups for obesity prevention. The published literature lacks discussion of and explicit processes for selection of priority groups for obesity prevention intervention. The new framework describes specific types of evidence that should be considered in the assessment of a potential priority group for obesity prevention and has applications for funding and implementing community-based or settings-level obesity prevention interventions and research. Application of this framework has the potential to enhance the effective use of limited obesity prevention resources and to identify areas in need of additional research evidence.
Notes Published Online: 6 Jan 2010
Language eng
Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion
Socio Economic Objective 920208 Health Policy Evaluation
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
HERDC collection year 2010
Copyright notice ©2010, WHO
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028479

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