Beyond the “I” in the Obesity Epidemic: A Review of Social Relational and Network Interventions on Obesity
Table 2
Descriptive overview of intervention studies found pertaining to social relational constructs and obesity.
Social relational construct
Social support
20
Social cohesion
2
Social network
6
Social trust
—
Collective efficacy
—
Social capital
—
Multiple social relational constructs
Social support-social cohesion
1
Social support-social capital
1
Social ecological level targeted
Single level target
Individual
19
Interpersonal environment
—
Organizational environment
—
Community
—
Political environment
—
Multiple level target
Individual-interpersonal
7
Individual-organizational
3
Interpersonal-organizational
—
Individual-interpersonal-organizational
1
Theory or model
Health belief model
0 (+1)
Stages of change (transtheoretical model)
3 (+1)
Social learning theory (social cognitive theory)
5 (+2)
Theory of planned behaviour
2
Social support theory
2 (+2)
Social comparison/influence/modeling theory
1 (+3)
Ecological approaches (CBPR, SEM)
3
Multiple theories, models, or approaches
5
No reference to theoretical rationale
9
Conceptual role of social relational construct
Intervention channel
16
Ancillary resource
12
Intervention target
2
+ in theory section indicates the addition of partial references of multiple theories. SEM: social ecological model; CBPR: community-based participatory research.