Understanding health policy to improve primary care management of obesity.

NPs are ideal candidates for implementing positive health changes for obese patients. Providers have medical expertise and can promote obesity reduction strategies to their patients. Increased awareness of the influence of health policy and clinical implications for obesity management are needed.

Finding the balance: adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe the ways that parents and 11- to 15-year-old teens communicate and the recurrent themes and patterns of behavior that were revealed during brief interactions about issues related to diabetes management.

Method: A secondary qualitative analysis of data, based on a template for analysis developed from the literature, was completed on audiotaped interactions of 28 adolescents and their parents.

Results: Themes identified were frustration, fear, normalizing, trusting, and discounting.