Reframing childhood obesity
The role of local communities in change implementation failure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9889836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Vardaman (0000-0001-9259-7497, Mississippi State University, corresponding author), John Amis (0000-0003-0627-0522, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), John M Amis (University of Edinburgh), Paul M Wright (0000-0002-2818-3094, Northern Illinois University, corresponding author), Ben P Dyson (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Ben Dyson (0000-0001-5460-4836, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 258-285 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726719899464 |
| OpenAlex | W2999384016 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 60 |
Childhood obesity remains one of the defining challenges of our time, with government response around the world being largely ineffective. This has been particularly the case in the USA, which continues to suffer high rates of childhood obesity despite numerous legislative interventions to combat it. In order to develop insight into this ongoing catastrophic change failure, we engaged in a three-year qualitative study of the implementation of policies in the USA designed to reduce childhood obesity through school-based interventions. We found that leaders in schools, as in many organizations, were faced with numerous, often conflicting, pressures from federal, state, and local community stakeholders. The resultant ambivalence led to change failure being reframed as success to in order to fit with locally expressed priorities. In bringing light to an understudied aspect of change implementation, local community pressure, we further theoretical understanding of why large change interventions often fail. We also offer insights more generally into the (re)framing of change and the influence of local communities on organizations. Policy and managerial implications are also discussed
Ambivalence · Childhood obesity · Cognitive reframing · Economic growth · Economics · Framing (construction · Geography · Legislature · Local government · Obesity · Overweight · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Community Health and Development · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Health Policy Implementation Science · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology
Basics of qualitative research
Theorizing Change
Institutionalization and Structuration
Ambivalence in Organizations
Vive La Résistance
The Intersection of Organizational Identity, Knowledge, and Practice
Acting globally but thinking locally? The enduring influence of local communities on organizations
Institutional Evolution and Change
Community isomorphism and corporate social action
Managing the Rivalry of Competing Institutional Logics
Framing Contests
Building Theories from Case Study Research
Seeking Qualitative Rigor in Inductive Research
The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested‐Self in the Stress Process
Getting to the “COR”
Frame analysis
Implementing Childhood Obesity Policy in a New Educational Environment
Values and Organizational Structure
Interpreting change as controllable
Keeping up with the Joneses
Conflict, ambivalence, and the contested purpose of public organizations
When does an issue trigger change in a field? A comparative approach to issue frames, field structures and types of field change
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |