Perceived impacts of COVID-19 and bushfires on the implementation of an obesity prevention trial in Northeast Victoria, Australia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 6; p. e0287468
• Main Authors: Whelan, Jillian, Hillenaar, Monique, Fraser, Penny, Allender, Steven, Jackson, Michelle, Strugnell, Claudia, Bell, Colin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.06.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adaptation; Australia; Case studies; Child; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Climate change; Climatic extremes; Clinical trials; Co-design; Communicable diseases; Community; Community involvement; Community participation; Consent; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Data collection; Disease control; Epidemics; Evaluation; Fatigue; Focus groups; Forest & brush fires; Global temperature changes; Health aspects; Health care; Health promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Health services; Humans; Influence; Local government; Malnutrition; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental health; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - prevention & control; Overnutrition; People and Places; Prevention; Primary care; Qualitative research; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk management; Social Sciences; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Undernutrition; Victoria - epidemiology; Wildfires; Victoria; Australia; Victoria Australia

Calls for the adoption of a systems approach to chronic disease prevention date back at least ten years because of the potential to empower communities to identify and address the complex causes of overnutrition, undernutrition and climate change. Australia, like many countries, has high levels of o...