Innovative interventions to promote behavioral change in overweight or obese individuals: A review of the literature.
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2015-05
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The overweight and obesity trends have risen over the past few decades, placing significant burdens on health care in terms of increased morbidity and cost. Behavioral change therapy is an effective treatment strategy and includes goal setting, self-monitoring, problem solving, and reinforcement tactics. Traditionally, behavior change therapy has been delivered using face-to-face counseling along with paper and pen recording of dietary intake and physical activity. The current advances in technology provide opportunities to deliver interventions using cellphones, internet, and active video games. These new methods to deliver behavior change for the management and prevention of obesity are being developed in order to increase access, improve convenience, decrease cost, and increase participant engagement. In this review, we present new approaches to promote behavior changes in the management of obesity. Currently available data show promising results. However, future research is needed to address study limitations and implementation challenges of these innovative interventions.
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Okorodudu, Daniel E, Hayden B Bosworth and Leonor Corsino (2015). Innovative interventions to promote behavioral change in overweight or obese individuals: A review of the literature. Annals of medicine, 47(3). pp. 179–185. 10.3109/07853890.2014.931102 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/29979.
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Hayden Barry Bosworth
Dr. Bosworth is a health services researcher and Deputy Director of the Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) at the Durham VA Medical Center. He is also Vice Chair of Education and Professor of Population Health Sciences. He is also a Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Nursing at Duke University Medical Center and Adjunct Professor in Health Policy and Administration at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests comprise three overarching areas of research: 1) clinical research that provides knowledge for improving patients’ treatment adherence and self-management in chronic care; 2) translation research to improve access to quality of care; and 3) eliminate health care disparities.
Dr. Bosworth is the recipient of an American Heart Association established investigator award, the 2013 VA Undersecretary Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research (The annual award is the highest honor for VA health services researchers), and a VA Senior Career Scientist Award. In terms of self-management, Dr. Bosworth has expertise developing interventions to improve health behaviors related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, and depression, and has been developing and implementing tailored patient interventions to reduce the burden of other chronic diseases. These trials focus on motivating individuals to initiate health behaviors and sustaining them long term and use members of the healthcare team, particularly pharmacists and nurses. He has been the Principal Investigator of over 30 trials resulting in over 400 peer reviewed publications and four books. This work has been or is being implemented in multiple arenas including Medicaid of North Carolina, private payers, The United Kingdom National Health System Direct, Kaiser Health care system, and the Veterans Affairs.
Areas of Expertise: Health Behavior, Health Services Research, Implementation Science, Health Measurement, and Health Policy
Leonor Corsino
Dr. Leonor Corsino is a Board-Certified Adult Endocrinologist, physician-scientist, and nationally recognized leader in organizational and health professional education. With a distinguished career spanning clinical care, research, and workforce development, she brings a unique and integrative perspective to advancing and improving patient care and medical education. Her leadership encompasses basic science, clinical, and community-engaged research, curriculum innovation, and the implementation of transformative clinical programs.
Dr. Corsino’s research centers on diabetes, obesity, and their associated complications. She is also deeply committed to medical education and mentoring, having guided numerous trainees and junior faculty through successful academic and clinical careers. Her work has been instrumental in shaping inclusive and impactful learning environments.
She has led and collaborated on a wide range of initiatives at the local, national, and international levels, including NIH-funded studies, cross-institutional partnerships, and global health efforts. Among her many contributions are the development of the Duke Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) selective curriculum, the CTSI/CERI Population Health Improvement Award, consultations, e-library, community consultations studio, educational programs, innovative platforms for population health mapping, and MD program courses such as the medical Spanish course and others. These initiatives have significantly enhanced patient care, improved population health strategies, and strengthened the training and support systems for health profession learners and faculty.
Dr. Corsino is widely respected for her ability to bridge clinical excellence with visionary leadership in education and research.
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