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Abstract
Background:
The Cochrane Review ‘Interventions for preventing obesity in children’ (Waters 2011) synthesises evidence of the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention activities. A significant amount of relevant primary research has been conducted since the latest review update, prompting planning for the next update. To ensure the updated review meets the needs of key policy stakeholders, a structured program of stakeholder engagement will guide development of the systematic review protocol. This paper describes the first stage of this program.
Objectives:
The aim of this stage was to determine research gaps in the area of effectiveness of interventions for preventing obesity in children, as identified by policy-makers in developed and developing contexts.
Methods:
A structured website search was conducted to find appropriate policy documents. Research priorities were extracted from each document and categorised as socio-ecological, settings-based, contextual, equity-based, implementation factors, methodological factors or issues concerning outcome measures. A web-based survey of international obesity experts was then undertaken to validate the list of research priorities.
Results:
The search identified nine documents from which 30 research gaps were identified. The gaps were evenly distributed amongst the categories of the research priority framework. Results of the web-based survey will be available prior to the Cochrane Colloquium.
Conclusions:
This presentation will present the background, aims, methods and results of this exercise, and discuss how results will guide the development of the update of the Cochrane Review ‘Interventions for preventing obesity in children’.
The Cochrane Review ‘Interventions for preventing obesity in children’ (Waters 2011) synthesises evidence of the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention activities. A significant amount of relevant primary research has been conducted since the latest review update, prompting planning for the next update. To ensure the updated review meets the needs of key policy stakeholders, a structured program of stakeholder engagement will guide development of the systematic review protocol. This paper describes the first stage of this program.
Objectives:
The aim of this stage was to determine research gaps in the area of effectiveness of interventions for preventing obesity in children, as identified by policy-makers in developed and developing contexts.
Methods:
A structured website search was conducted to find appropriate policy documents. Research priorities were extracted from each document and categorised as socio-ecological, settings-based, contextual, equity-based, implementation factors, methodological factors or issues concerning outcome measures. A web-based survey of international obesity experts was then undertaken to validate the list of research priorities.
Results:
The search identified nine documents from which 30 research gaps were identified. The gaps were evenly distributed amongst the categories of the research priority framework. Results of the web-based survey will be available prior to the Cochrane Colloquium.
Conclusions:
This presentation will present the background, aims, methods and results of this exercise, and discuss how results will guide the development of the update of the Cochrane Review ‘Interventions for preventing obesity in children’.