Items for gillaspy-weedn-obesity-1

0.0.0.1 According to the IRB Clinic Proposal from Dr. Gillaspy we need to collect the following data from Centricity EMR:

• Patient’s Age
  
• Gender
  
• Height
  
• Weight
  
• Race/Ethnicity
  
• For all children 2-18 years of age who were seen at the OU Children’s Phsycicians primary care clinics (General, Community, Latino, and Adolescent clinics).

0.0.0.2 The Specific Aims for the study include:

• Specific Aim 1: Determine prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in OUCP primary care clinics by age and gender.
  
• Specific Aim 2: Determine racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity in OUCP primary care clinics.
  
• Specific Aim 3: Compare the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in OUCP primary care clinics to the reported prevalence rates using the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health, and identify discrepancies.

The long-term objective is to provide a baseline of measured prevalence rates for childhood overweight and obesity in our clinic population and to assess disparities in obesity to guide intervention programs and inform policy.

0.0.0.3 The obsterms needed to collect this information are:

• HEIGHT
• WEIGHT

0.0.0.3.1 Patient’s age, gender, and race/ethnicity will come from the PERSON table.

0.0.0.4 The tables the requested data will come from in EMR are:

• PERSON
• LOCREG
• OBS
• OBSHEAD