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AuthorTabacchi, Garden
AuthorBianco, Antonino
AuthorAlessi, Nicola
AuthorFilippi, Anna Rita
AuthorNapoli, Giuseppe
AuthorJemni, Monèm
AuthorCensi, Laura
AuthorBreda, Joao
AuthorSchumann, Nathali Lehmann
AuthorFirenze, Alberto
AuthorVitale, Francesco
AuthorMammina, Caterina
Available date2017-02-22T11:31:38Z
Publication Date2016-03
Publication NameMedicine
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/ 10.1097/MD.0000000000003143
CitationTabacchi, Garden; Bianco, Antonino; Alessi, Nicola; Filippi, Anna Rita; Napoli, Giuseppe; Jemni, Monèm; Censi, Laura; Breda, João; Schumann, Nathali Lehmann; Firenze, Alberto; Vitale, Francesco; Mammina, Caterina "Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity Prevention Project" Medicine March 2016 - Volume 95 - Issue 12 - p e3143
ISSN0025-7974
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/5301
AbstractThe Adolescents Surveillance System for Obesity prevention (ASSO) Project aimed at developing standardized and web-based tools for collecting data on adolescents’ obesity and its potential determinants. This has been implemented and piloted in the local area of Palermo city, Italy. The aim of the present study is to provide an overview of the Project’s design, implementation, and evaluation, highlighting all the aspects for a potential scale-up of the surveillance system on the whole national territory and abroad, as a sustainable and effective source of data. The overall structure and management, the ASSO-toolkit, the ASSO-NutFit software, and all developed and used procedures for recruiting, training, and data collecting/analyzing are addressed. An interim evaluation has been performed through a feasibility study; a final Project evaluation has been performed reporting the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) and the attributes that a surveillance system should have. This article provides a detailed overview of the Project and highlights that ASSO can be considered a valid, logical, coherent, efficient, and sustainable surveillance system that is consistent with countries’ needs and priorities. The system developed by the ASSO Project provides high-quality data and complies with several characteristics typical of a suitable surveillance system. It has a potential of being adopted within the National Health Service and other countries’ Health Services for monitoring adolescents’ obesity and its determinants, such as food intakes, behaviors, physical activity, and fitness profiles.
Languageen
PublisherLippincott, Williams & Wilkins
SubjectObesity, fitness testing, cardiorespiratory assessment, body composition
Obesity
fitness testing
cardiorespiratory assessment
body composition
TitleDesign, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity Prevention Project
TypeArticle
Issue Number12
Volume Number95
dc.accessType Open Access


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