Screening and management of overweight and obesity at a university student health center.
This article discusses a quality improvement project focused on developing, implementing, and evaluating an evidence-based best practice protocol for screening and management of overweight and obesity in college students in a university-based student health center.
Maria Estela Salcido is an advanced practice registered nurse at the Student Health Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Tex. Diane B. Monsivais is the director of the MSN Nursing Education program in the Graduate Nursing Program at the University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Tex.
Maria Estela
ME
Salcido
Diane B
DB
Monsivais
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult