Weight Care Project
Nurses and GPs required to contribute in tackling Obesity
Nurses and GPs throughout Ireland are invited to participate in a research project, Weight Care Project.
A multidisciplinary team from the University of Ulster and the National University of Ireland, Galway is conducting an all-Ireland research project of health professionals’ attitudes and assessment of assessing body weight status.
The health professional groups that are invited to participate:
1. Public Health Nurses (community; postnatal home/clinic visits and developmental checks);
2. Public Health Nurses (Schools);
3. GPs and Practice Nurses (primary care);
4. Occupational health nurses (workplace).
At present, we are completing data collection on the final two strands of the project:
1. Online Survey
We are conducting an online survey to assess the attitudes, current practices/behaviours and knowledge of key health professional groups in assessing body weight status. This survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
The link to the online survey is as follows: www.science.ulster.ac.uk/weightcareproject/survey
2. New online programme to assess health professionals’ ability to identity body weight status
We have developed a new tool to assess health professionals’ ability to identify body weight categories in both adults and children. This new tool is incorporated into this online study, which will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.
The link to the online programme is as follows: www.science.ulster.ac.uk/weightcareproject/onlinestudy
Further information on the research project and the information sheets for the above studies can be found on the project’s website: www.science.ulster.ac.uk/weightcareproject
Everyone completing either of above studies will be invited to enter their name and contact details for a lottery draw, and the winning individual for each study will receive a prize of £200/200 Euros.
Ethical approval has been obtained for this project.
Contact details
If you would like further information or to discuss participating in any of the above studies please do not hesitate to contact the Weight Care Team using the following contact details:
Website: www.science.ulster.ac.uk/weightcareproject
E-mail: weightcareproject@ulster.ac.uk
Tele: +44 (0) 28 9036 8905
Dr. Anne Moorhead (Principal Investigator) & Weight Care Team
