Brown Rebecca E, Willis Thomas A, Aspinall Nichola, Candida Hunt, George Jackie, Rudolf Mary C J
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
Community Pract. 2013 Jul;86(7):23-7.
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels, yet many health professionals lack confidence in working with parents around lifestyle change. HENRY (Health Exercise Nutrition for the Really Young) aims to tackle this through training practitioners to work more effectively with parents of preschoolers around obesity and lifestyle issues.We evaluated the long-term impact of HENRY training on health professionals' knowledge, skills and confidence in tackling obesity prevention. All practitioners trained 2007-11 (n = 1601) were invited to complete an online survey. 237 emails (14.8%) were undeliverable; 354 (26.0%) of the remainder completed the survey. A majority (67%) reported using knowledge and skills gained on a regular basis in their professional lives. Sessions on the importance of empathy and key parenting skills were considered particularly useful, with 78% and 74% respectively reporting regular use of these skills. Effects on respondents' personal lives were also reported: 61% applied the knowledge and skills at home, identifying for example, more shared family mealtimes and reduced portion sizes. The impact endures, with 71% of those undergoing training > 12 months ago, stating that they continued to use concepts in their professional lives. The findings suggest that brief training can have a sustained impact on practitioners' professional and personal lives.
儿童肥胖已达到流行程度，但许多健康专业人员在与家长围绕生活方式改变开展工作时缺乏信心。HENRY（面向幼儿的健康、运动与营养项目）旨在通过培训从业者，使其更有效地与学龄前儿童家长就肥胖及生活方式问题开展合作来解决这一问题。我们评估了HENRY培训对健康专业人员在预防肥胖方面的知识、技能和信心的长期影响。邀请了所有在2007年至2011年接受培训的从业者（n = 1601）完成一项在线调查。237封电子邮件（14.8%）无法送达；其余人员中有354人（26.0%）完成了调查。大多数人（67%）报告称在其职业生涯中经常运用所学的知识和技能。关于同理心的重要性和关键育儿技能的课程被认为特别有用，分别有78%和74%的人报告经常使用这些技能。调查还报告了对受访者个人生活的影响：61%的人在家中运用了这些知识和技能，比如确定了更多的家庭聚餐时间并减少了食物分量。这种影响持续存在，在12个月前接受培训的人员中，有71%表示他们在职业生涯中继续运用这些理念。研究结果表明，简短的培训可以对从业者的职业和个人生活产生持续影响。
