Purpose
This study aimed to systematically develop an obesity prevention program for adolescents to promote healthy eating and physical activity in schools.
Methods
The development of the Let's Eat Healthy and Move at School program for adolescents followed the six steps of intervention mapping (IM). IM is a widely used protocol for developing systematic and effective interventions based on theories and evidence.
Results
To better understand the problem and identify the needs of adolescents, interviews were conducted with teachers, school nurses, and students (step 1). In step 2, the desired behaviors and their determinants were established and combined into a matrix comprising 16 change objectives. In step 3, theoretical methods such as persuasive communication and consciousness-raising were chosen. The program was segmented into three educational activity sessions in step 4. In step 5, an implementation manual was developed for program instructors to ensure effective and accurate implementation. Finally, practices for evaluating the program's effectiveness and procedures were designed in step 6.
Conclusion
The Let’s Eat Healthy and Move at School program will provide adolescents with guidelines to promote healthy living and prevent obesity in everyday life using strategies for sustainable adolescent obesity prevention and management.

Citations

• Healthier School Systems for Learners: Government Role in Fostering Holistic Interventions
  Nsikakabasi Samuel George, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, Molly Unoh Ogbodum, Francis Ima Imoke, Alicja Domagała
  Journal of Education and Community Health.2024; 11(2): 112.     CrossRef

Purpose
Community child centers (CCCs) were introduced to provide after-school activities and care, including meal services to children from low-income families. The assistant cooks, who have the main responsibility for making and serving food at CCCs, are a major factor influencing the eating habits of children using CCCs. In this study, we tried to identify and understand who the assistant cooks are, what their job responsibilities are, and what they need in order to be able to provide children with healthy meals.
Methods
Three focus group interviews were held with 17 workfare program participants who worked as assistant cooks at CCCs, and content analysis methods were applied using the NVivo 12 qualitative data analysis software.
Results
The assistant cooks reflected on their perceptions of the children's health at the CCCs, their own cooking style, and their role at the CCCs. Additionally, barriers to the optimal provision of their services were pointed out, and improvements were suggested.
Conclusion
The results of this study can be used as a fundamental resource for the development of tailored interventions that consider a child's unique environment to address health disparities, specifically with respect to childhood obesity.

Citations

• Diet-Related Disparities and Childcare Food Environments for Vulnerable Children in South Korea: A Mixed-Methods Study
  Jiyoung Park, Seolhyang Baek, Gahui Hwang, Chongwon Park, Sein Hwang
  Nutrients.2023; 15(8): 1940.     CrossRef
• An Interactive Live and Online Cooking Program for Children in Vulnerable Families—An Exploratory Study
  Jiyoung Park, Sein Hwang, Seolhyang Baek, Gill A. Ten Hoor
  Healthcare.2022; 10(12): 2389.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was conducted to investigate nurses’ perceptions and performance of family-centered care (FCC) at a children’s hospital in Sri Lanka and to explore the feasibility of implementing FCC in the context of the Sri Lankan healthcare system.
Methods
A convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design was applied to understand Sri Lankan nurses’ perspectives on FCC. In total, 157 nurses working at a large teritagy children’s hospital responded to a self-report survey and 18 nurses participated in focus group interviews.
Results
Of the factors of FCC, family participation in caring for children received the highest score (4.09±0.51) for perceptions, and information-sharing received the highest score (3.54±0.55) for performance. The qualitative data revealed the following five themes: (a) importance of the family in caring for children; (b) helping families during children’s hospitalization; (c) taking steps to implement FCC, even with imperfect knowledge; (d) barriers in the current situation; and (e) suggested strategies to promote FCC.
Conclusion
Participants endorsed the concept of FCC and demonstrated some aspects of it in their day-to-day practice. The results indicate a clear knowledge deficit and several challenges, which need to be addressed to effectively implement FCC.

Citations

• Dimensions, challenges, and improvement strategies of family-centered care in emergency pediatric settings: A mixed-methods systematic review
  Arezoo Ghavi, Zohreh Nabizadeh-Gharghozar, Leila Valizadeh, Aydin Feyzi
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2026; 86: 300.     CrossRef
• Family-Centered Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  Elizabeth A. Olafson, Ivette Hidalgo, Luzmary Ocampo
  Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America.2026; 38(1): 93.     CrossRef
• A scoping review of the perceptions and practices of pediatric nurses’ toward family-centered care
  Haytham Mohammad Al-Oran, Mahmoud Ayed Al-Frejat
  Frontiers of Nursing.2025; 12(2): 177.     CrossRef
• Análisis de la Relevancia e Impacto de la Enfermería Pediátrica en los Distintos Contextos de la Salud
  Velkys Marlenys Castillo Sánchez, Yasmery Yamileth Moreno Flores
  Estudios y Perspectivas Revista Científica y Acad.2025; 5(3): 3374.     CrossRef
• Association Between Family Importance in Nursing Care and Parental Satisfaction: A Cross-sectional Study
  Mehdi Mahmoudzadeh, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Shohreh Moshfeghi, Behrouz Dadkhah
  Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Nurses' Experiences of the Prerequisites for Implementing Family-Centered Care to Prevent Pediatric Delirium
  Tiina Saarenpää, Miia Jansson, Heli Kerimaa, Riitta Alanko, Outi Peltoniemi, Miikka Tervonen, Tiina Lahtela, Tarja Pölkki
  Clinical Nurse Specialist.2024; 38(5): 221.     CrossRef
• Parent Education and Counseling (PairEd-C) Intervention to Improve Family-Centered Care: Protocol for a Prospective Acceptability Study Using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability
  Leul Deribe, Eshetu Girma, Nataliya Lindström, Abdulkadir Gidey, Solomon Teferra, Adamu Addissie
  JMIR Research Protocols.2024; 13: e54914.     CrossRef
• Family-Centered Care from the Point of View of Undergraduate Nursing Students Studying in Selected Public Universities: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Haytham Al-Oran, Ahmad Al-Sagarat, Hala Obeidat
  Health Scope.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• A Cross-Sectional Study of Pediatric Nurses’ Perceptions and Practices of Family-Centered Care in Governmental Pediatric Setting
  Haytham Al-Oran, Ahmad AL-Sagarat, Faris Alsaraireh, Deema Mahasneh
  Journal of Comprehensive Pediatrics.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The perceptions and performance of family-centered care among pediatric nurses at a children's hospital in South Korea: a descriptive study
  Suk-Jin Lim, Kyung-Sook Bang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2023; 29(3): 207.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify trends in health-related interventions on children attending Community Child Care (CCC) centers, which are part of a health policy to provide after-school care for vulnerable children in South Korea.
Methods
From 2007, 109 papers were analyzed using the scoping study method.
Results
The number of studies increased steadily between 2007 and 2016. Most studies were based on the social sciences, and the participants were mainly elementary school students. Psychological and social interventions were the most common types of interventions with socio-psychological indicators as measurements. In addition, only a few studies had a clearly defined conceptual framework. The majority of studies did not explicitly indicate that they followed ethical considerations.
Conclusion
It is necessary to develop health-related interventions for children attending CCC centers using diverse subjects, types, and evaluation methods, along with improvements in the quality of research methodology. Furthermore, it is essential to clearly articulate and implement ethical considerations in research targeting vulnerable children.

Citations

• Associations Between Ecological Determinants and Weight Status Changes Among Children from Vulnerable Populations: Empirical Findings from a National Panel Survey in South Korea
  Jiyoung Park, Gill A. Ten Hoor, Gahui Hwang, Soorack Ryu
  Western Journal of Nursing Research.2025; 47(4): 231.     CrossRef
• Development of an integrated health promotion program for school-age children from vulnerable families in South Korea: a methodological study
  Eunjeong Bae, Eun Kyoung Choi
  Child Health Nursing Research.2025; 31(2): 107.     CrossRef
• Effects of Multidisciplinary Health Promotion Program Among Children in Community Childcare Center
  Yerin Kim, Gyeong Seob Shin, Jungwon Park, Minji Kang, Kumhee Son, Yoon Myung Kim, Kyung Hee Park, Hyunjung Lim
  Clinical Nutrition Research.2024; 13(1): 8.     CrossRef
• Obesity-related behaviors and health-related quality of life in socioeconomically vulnerable children: A cross-sectional study
  Jiyoung Park, Gill ten Hoor, Jeonghyun Cho, Seohyun Won, Soorack Ryu, Siew Tiang Lau
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2024; 78: e270.     CrossRef
• What Are the Challenges of School Nurses in South Korea in Managing Obese Children From Low-Income Households?
  Jeonghyun Cho, Jiyoung Park, Chongwon Park, Jinah Lee, Jina Oh, Gahui Hwang
  The Journal of School Nursing.2023; 39(6): 506.     CrossRef
• Social Ecological Barriers for Healthy Eating of Obese Children and Their Caregivers in Low-income Families in South Korea
  Jiyoung Park, Gill A. ten Hoor, Suyon Baek, Seolhyang Baek, Ja-yin Lee, Hyunju Lee
  Ecology of Food and Nutrition.2021; 60(4): 525.     CrossRef
• Service Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers of Healthy Eating to Prevent Obesity among Low-income Children Attending Community Childcare Centers in South Korea: A Qualitative Study
  Jiyoung Park, G. A. Ten Hoor, Jeonghyun Cho, Soobin Kim
  Ecology of Food and Nutrition.2020; 59(3): 311.     CrossRef
• Who are the Assistant Cooks at the Community Child Centers in South Korea? Focus Group Interviews with Workfare Program Participants
  Jiyoung Park, Chongwon Park, Sanghee Kim, Gill A. Ten Hoor, Gahui Hwang, Youn Sun Hwang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2020; 26(4): 445.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the ecological factors influencing school adjustment of adolescents from low-income families.
Methods
Secondary data analysis was performed using data of 1,321 low-income adolescents in 123 regions found on the Survey on Service Satisfaction with Community Child Care Center.
Results
The results of multi-level analysis identified the factors influencing school adjustment of low-income adolescents as follows: individual-level factors were gender, grade in school, and emotional problem; an interpersonal-level factor was family structure; organizational-level factors were length of time attending center and satisfaction with the service of the center; community-level factors were region and perception of community.
Conclusion
The results suggest that low-income adolescents’ adjustment to school is influenced not only by individual factors but also by diverse environmental factors. Community factors suggest that more education support systems and leisure facilities for adolescents need to be built in small and medium cities. Strategies to enhance positive perception of community are also needed for this population. Further, it is necessary to develop multi-level interventions to improve the school adjustment of adolescents from vulnerable social groups.

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify trends in intervention studies on childhood obesity in Korea.
Methods
From 1996, when the first research paper on childhood obesity intervention was published, to 2015, 192 published papers were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results
The number of studies increased sharply between 1996 and 2007, but declined slightly from then. The majority of studies involved only children as intervention participants. Most were elementary students, and overweight and obese children. Exercise therapy was the most common type of intervention. Parental participation was found in 35 studies, while teacher’s participation was found in only one study. In many studies physiological indicators were used as measurement variables, but follow-up was done in only 10 studies. Finally, only a few studies applied a conceptual framework, while a quasi-experimental research design was used for most studies.
Conclusion
Examination of trends in intervention studies on childhood obesity in Korea, shows there has been a quantitative increase but not enough improvement in terms of the quality of interventions. Findings in the present study suggest that it is necessary to seek diversity in terms of study participants, interventions and evaluation method along with quality improvement in research methodology.

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• Association between dietary fat and fatty acid intake and overweight and obesity among Korean children and adolescents
  Sumin Kim, Kyungho Ha
  Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases.2026; : 104666.     CrossRef
• What Are the Challenges of School Nurses in South Korea in Managing Obese Children From Low-Income Households?
  Jeonghyun Cho, Jiyoung Park, Chongwon Park, Jinah Lee, Jina Oh, Gahui Hwang
  The Journal of School Nursing.2023; 39(6): 506.     CrossRef
• Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training Intervention on Physical Fitness and Body Mass Index of Overweight Primary Schoolchildren
  Aleksander OSİPOV, Irina ORLOVA, Tatyana RATMANSKAYA, Tatıana LEPİLİNA
  Pamukkale Journal of Sport Sciences.2023; 14(1): 63.     CrossRef
• Additive Effects of Exercise or Nutrition Intervention in a 24-Month Multidisciplinary Treatment with a Booster Intervention for Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity: The ICAAN Study
  Sarah Woo, Young-Su Ju, Young-Gyun Seo, Yoon-Myung Kim, Hyunjung Lim, Kyung-Hee Park
  Nutrients.2022; 14(2): 387.     CrossRef
• Effects of a 12-Week Diet versus Diet plus Aerobic and Resistance Exercise Program on Acylated and Desacylated Ghrelin, and Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase in Adolescent Girls with Obesity
  Hyun Jun Kim, Young Jin Tak, Sang Yeoup Lee, Jeong Pyo Seo
  International Journal of Environmental Research an.2022; 19(3): 1480.     CrossRef
• The Let’s Eat Healthy and Move at School program for adolescents in South Korea: Program design, implementation, and evaluation plan using intervention mapping
  Jiyoung Park, Gill A. Ten Hoor, Seolhyang Baek, Sochung Chung, Yang-Hyun Kim, Gahui Hwang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2021; 27(3): 225.     CrossRef
• Effectiveness of a combined obesity prevention program in South Korea for children from low-income families that included primary caregiver participation
  Namhee Park, Mihae Im
  Child Health Nursing Research.2021; 27(3): 211.     CrossRef
• Service Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers of Healthy Eating to Prevent Obesity among Low-income Children Attending Community Childcare Centers in South Korea: A Qualitative Study
  Jiyoung Park, G. A. Ten Hoor, Jeonghyun Cho, Soobin Kim
  Ecology of Food and Nutrition.2020; 59(3): 311.     CrossRef
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Obesity: Recommendations from the Committee on Pediatric Obesity of the Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
  Dae Yong Yi, Soon Chul Kim, Ji Hyuk Lee, Eun Hye Lee, Jae Young Kim, Yong Joo Kim, Ki Soo Kang, Jeana Hong, Jung Ok Shim, Yoon Lee, Ben Kang, Yeoun Joo Lee, Mi Jin Kim, Jin Soo Moon, Hong Koh, JeongAe You, Young-Sook Kwak, Hyunjung Lim, Hye Ran Yang
  Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition.2019; 22(1): 1.     CrossRef
• Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric obesity: recommendations from the Committee on Pediatric Obesity of the Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
  Dae Yong Yi, Soon Chul Kim, Ji Hyuk Lee, Eun Hye Lee, Jae Young Kim, Yong Joo Kim, Ki Soo Kang, Jeana Hong, Jung Ok Shim, Yoon Lee, Ben Kang, Yeoun Joo Lee, Mi Jin Kim, Jin Soo Moon, Hong Koh, JeongAe You, Young-Sook Kwak, Hyunjung Lim, Hye Ran Yang
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• An Integrative Literature Review of Interventions for School-aged Overweight and Obese Children
  Juhyun Jo, Sang-Youn Jang, Dajeong Kum, Jihee Lim, Jeongeun Kim
  Perspectives in Nursing Science.2019; 16(2): 75.     CrossRef
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  Min Kyung Song, Kyung-Sook Bang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 300.     CrossRef