Caroline J Dodd-Reynolds
Prototyping for public health in a local context: a streamlined evaluation of a community-based weight management programme (Momenta), Northumberland, UK
Dodd-Reynolds, Caroline J; Nevens, Lisa; Oliver, Emily J; Finch, Tracy; Lake, Amelia A; Hanson, Coral L
Authors
Lisa Nevens
Emily J Oliver
Tracy Finch
Amelia A Lake
Dr Coral Hanson C.Hanson@napier.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Abstract
Objectives: Stakeholder co-production in design of public health programmes may reduce the ‘implementation gap’ but can be time-consuming and costly. Prototyping, iterative refining relevant to delivery context, offers a potential solution. This evaluation explored implementation and lessons learned for a 12-week referral-based weight-management programme, ‘Momenta’, along with feasibility of an iterative prototyping evaluation framework.
Design: Mixed methods evaluation: qualitative implementation exploration with referrers and service users; preliminary analysis of anonymised quantitative service data (12 and 52 weeks).
Setting: Two leisure centres in Northumberland, northeast England.
Participants: Individual interviews with referring professionals (n=5) and focus groups with service users (n=13). Individuals (n=182) referred by healthcare professionals (quantitative data).
Interventions: Three 12-week programme iterations: Momenta (n=59), Momenta-Fitness membership (Momenta-Fitness (n=58), and Fitness membership only (n=65).
Primary and secondary outcome measures: Primary outcome: Qualitative themes developed through stakeholder-engagement. Secondary outcomes included preliminary exploration of recruitment, uptake, retention, and changes in weight, BMI waist circumference and psychological wellbeing.
Results: Service users reported positive experiences of Momenta. Implementation gaps were revealed around the referral process and practitioner knowledge. Prototyping enabled iterative refinements such as broadening inclusion criteria. Uptake and 12-week retention were higher for Momenta (84.7%, 45.8%) and Momenta-Fitness (93.1%, 60.3%) versus Fitness-only (75.4%, 24.6%). Exploration of other preliminary outcomes (completers only) suggested potential for within-group weight loss and increased psychological wellbeing for Momenta and Momenta-Fitness at 12 weeks. 52-week follow-up data were limited (32%, 33%, and 6% retention for those who started Momenta, Momenta-Fitness and Fitness respectively) but suggested potential weight loss maintenance in Momenta-Fitness.
Conclusions: Identification of issues within the referral process enabled real-time iterative refinement, whilst lessons learned may be of value for local implementation of ‘off-the-shelf’ weight management packages more generally. Our preliminary data for completers suggest Momenta may have potential for weight loss, particularly when offered with a fitness membership.
Citation
Dodd-Reynolds, C. J., Nevens, L., Oliver, E. J., Finch, T., Lake, A. A., & Hanson, C. L. (2019). Prototyping for public health in a local context: a streamlined evaluation of a community-based weight management programme (Momenta), Northumberland, UK. BMJ Open, 9(10), Article e029718. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029718
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 5, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 31, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019-10 |
Deposit Date | Sep 26, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 26, 2019 |
Journal | BMJ Open |
Print ISSN | 2044-6055 |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 10 |
Article Number | e029718 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029718 |
Keywords | Public health evaluation, protoyping, implementation, community weight management, diet, exercise referral |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2173469 |
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