కమ్యూనిటీ మెడిసిన్ & హెల్త్ ఎడ్యుకేషన్

నైరూప్య

Evaluation of Collaborative Workshop for Child Obesity Prevention in Urban Uganda

Ai Ogata*, Alex Onzima and Nakirya Brenda Doreen

Objective: Development of child obesity prevention program is needed in accordance with increment of number of child obesity in Uganda. Authors have organized the project team and held the program development workshop at Kampala, Uganda in 2019. However, the evaluation of this workshop has not been conducted. In order to develop a better program in future, the purpose of the study was to evaluate the process of the workshop on schoolchild obesity prevention program in Uganda. Methods: Study design was a descriptive study and analysis was done using “KPT” frame work which means Keep these (good points), Problem (challenges), and Try these (way forward) by authors. The study was approved by the IRB at Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing (Approval Number: 2019-063). Written consent of study was obtained from participants. The data was stored in a locked cabinet of author’s office to protect data and confidentiality of participants. Results: The workshop was held in November 2019 and the program was developed based on the results of the schoolchild obesity survey which held in 2018. Seven participants from various backgrounds attended the workshop.