title: Using the Intervention Mapping Protocol to develop an online video intervention for parents to prevent childhood obesity: Movie Models.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The increasing prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity caused by an unhealthy diet, insufficient physical activity (PA) and high levels of sedentary behaviour (SB) is a prominent public health concern. Parenting practices may contribute to healthy behaviour change in children, but well-researched examples are limited. The aim of this study is to describe the systematic development of an intervention for parents to prevent childhood overweight/obesity through the improvement of parenting practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  The six steps of the Intervention Mapping Protocol (IMP), a theory- and evidence-based tool to develop health-related interventions, were used as a framework to develop the 'Movie Models' programme.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Step 1, a needs assessment was performed to better understand the health problem of overweight/obesity in children and its association with diet, PA and SB. In Step 2, the programme goal (increasing the adoption of effective parenting practices) was sub-divided into performance objectives. Change objectives, which specify explicit actions required to accomplish the performance objectives, were also identified. Step 3 included the selection of theoretical methods (e.g. 'modelling' and 'images'), which were then translated into the practical strategy of online parenting videos. Step 4 comprised the development of a final intervention framework, and Step 5 included the planning of programme adoption and implementation. The final phase, Step 6, included the development of an effect- and process-evaluation plan.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IMP was used to structure the development of 'Movie Models', an intervention targeting specific parenting practices related to children's healthy diet, PA, SB, and parental self-efficacy. A clear framework for process analyses is offered, which aims to increase the potential effectiveness of an intervention and can be useful for those developing health promotion programmes.
authors: 1. Ghent University - Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: De Lepeleere
authors: 1. Ghent University - Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Maïté
authors: M
authors: Verloigne
authors: 2. University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine - Department of MRC Epidemiology Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors: Helen Elizabeth
authors: HE
authors: Brown
authors: 1. Ghent University - Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Greet
authors: G
authors: Cardon
authors: 1. Ghent University - Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Ilse
authors: I
authors: De Bourdeaudhuij
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D000072001:Diet, Healthy; D020375:Education, Distance; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016487:Parenting; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014743:Videotape Recording
keywords: children; diet; intervention mapping; parenting intervention; parents; physical activity; sedentary behaviour; video