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Models were adjusted for child age, body mass index (BMI), parent BMI, and intervention arm. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Results. Families with versus without housing insecurity received a mean of 5.3 (SD\u2009=\u20098.0) versus 8.3 (SD\u2009=\u200910.9) contact hours (P\u2009&lt;\u2009.01). There were no statistically significant differences in adherence for families reporting other unmet social needs. Children with 3 to 4 unmet social needs versus without received a mean of 5.2 (SD\u2009=\u20098.1) versus 9.2 (SD\u2009=\u200911.8) contact hours (P\u2009&lt;\u2009.01). In fully adjusted models, those with housing insecurity attended a mean difference of \u22123.14 (95% confidence interval [CI]\u2009=\u2009\u22125.41, \u22120.88) hours versus those without. Those with 3 or 4 unmet social needs attended \u22123.74 (95% CI\u2009=\u2009\u20136.64, \u22120.84) hours less than those with none. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Conclusions. Adherence to PWMIs was lower among children with housing insecurity and in families with 3 or 4 unmet social needs. Addressing social needs should be a priority of PWMIs to improve intervention adherence and reduce disparities in childhood obesity. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03012126. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2105\/ajph.2020.305772","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,14]],"date-time":"2020-07-14T20:29:39Z","timestamp":1594758579000},"page":"S251-S257","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Unmet Social Needs and Adherence to Pediatric Weight Management Interventions: Massachusetts, 2017\u20132019"],"prefix":"10.2105","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"Micaela","family":"Atkins","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Micaela Atkins, Ines Castro, Meghan Perkins, Giselle O\u2019Connor, and Man Luo are with Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA. 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