Empowering Primary Care Teams to Enhance Treatment for Obesity
How does this ECHO work?
Pediatric Weight Management ECHO participants will improve their ability to:
- Acknowledge and manage obesity as a chronic disease and use evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for the assessment and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities, including intensive lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy and surgical options.
- Address factors, such as social determinants of health and weight bias, that contribute to health disparities in child obesity.
- Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary partners to provide patients with well-coordinated, family-based and multicomponent treatment.
- Identify local resources and networks with providers across the state to enhance the prevention and treatment of obesity in Missouri’s children.
Pediatric Weight Management ECHO will empower, educate and support primary care teams to more effectively and confidently treat children and adolescents with obesity.
Physicians and other health care providers with expertise in pediatric weight management, psychology, diet, nutrition and engagement will offer interactive online learning sessions every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Primary care providers, behavioral health specialists, dietitians and other professionals are encouraged to join the collaborative case-based sessions. Click below to register.
RegisterWhat does this ECHO offer?
- FREE continuing education for professionals
- Collaboration, support and ongoing learning from pediatric weight management specialists
- Patients get better care in their community
- NO COST to participating sites or individuals
Topics for Learning and Discussion:
- Bullying and mental health
- Technology and apps
- Internet and fad diets
- Social determinants and food insecurity
- Community resources
- Orthopedic conditions
- Positive parenting
- Mealtime challenges
- Cultural food practices
- Medical and dietary management of common morbidities
Meet the Hub Team
Sarah Hampl, MD, FAAP, DABOM
Pediatrician
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Julie Benard, MD, FAAP, DABOM
Pediatrician, Weight Management
Amy Braddock, MD, MsPH
Physician
University of Missouri Healthcare
Meredith Dreyer Gillette, PhD
Psychologist
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Cristina Fernandez, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Debra Schumer, MA, RDN, LD
Clinical Dietitian
Karen Stephens, MS,RD,CSP,LD
Dietitian
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Denise Wilfley, PhD
Psychologist
Washington University School of Medicine
Submit a Case
Are you unsure or concerned about something at your practice? Do you wish you could consult someone about something happening with a particular patient?
Please consider submitting any potential cases! It does not have to be anything exceptionally noteworthy or outstanding. ANYTHING is worth discussing as we learn and grow together. Submit now!
Submit A CaseContinuing Education (CE) Information
To receive CE credit for the ECHO sessions attended you will receive a survey to complete in May and one at the end of October.
This information, as well as the number of ECHO sessions attended, will be sent to the Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP) office at the University of Missouri. Once completed, a transcript of your CE credit may be requested by contacting Adam Tipton (tiptonsa@health.missouri.edu) in the CEHP office.