Table 8 Ranking scores of healthcare professional behaviours within the area of preventing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Ranking 1 (N = 23) | Ranking 2 (N = 18) | ||||||||
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Rank | Behaviours | Total score | No. of top 6 rankings | % of participants with item in top 3 | Rank | Behaviours | Total score | No. of top 6 rankings | % of participants with item in top 3 |
1 | Attend and engage with behaviour change training | 38 | 9 | 21.7 | 1 | Attend and engage with behaviour change training | 43 | 9 | 38.9 |
2 | Lobby governments to fund community health programmes | 37 | 9 | 26.1 | 2 | GPs should use weight charts to estimate BMI of children more and advise parents on the best course of action when a child is at the overweight stage | 40 | 9 | 44.4 |
3 | Advocate for policy level health behaviour change | 36 | 9 | 21.7 | 3 | Advocate for policy level health behaviour change | 34 | 8 | 27.8 |
4 | Set specific targets for physical activity | 22 | 7 | 17.4 | 4 | Set specific targets for physical activity | 28 | 6 | 27.8 |
5 | GPs should use weight charts to estimate the BMI of children more and advise parents on the best course of action when a child is at the overweight stage | 21 | 5 | 13 | 5 | Provide education at schools | 24 | 6 | 22.2 |
6 | Provide education at schools | 20 | 7 | 13 | 6 | Lobby governments to fund community health programmes | 20 | 5 | 16.7 |