Nutrition-related knowledge and behaviors of healthcare professionals: A pilot study

<p>Background: Healthcare consumers have a plethora of resources of nutrition guidance available, yet many sources provide unreliable information. Healthcare professionals are expected to be the expert source of nutrition information and dietary guidance for their clients and patients.</p> <p>Purpose: To determine the nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and beliefs of healthcare professionals to identify which, if any, professional group are experts in nutrition and which professionals are the best resource for nutrition information and guidance for healthcare consumers.</p> <p>Research Design: A self-reported online survey gathered information on participants’ (n=201) BMI, knowledge of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, dietary intake, and beliefs about healthcare professionals’ knowledge of nutrition and providing dietary guidance.</p> <p>Conclusions: All groups demonstrated knowledge of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, though RDs displayed the greatest knowledge of the guidelines and most congruence between guideline recommendations and reported dietary intake, and were identified as experts in nutrition by all professional groups surveyed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health Sciences

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Zeola, Sarah Dale

Contributors dc:contributor

• Judith Brooks, PhD, RD, Chair
• Anahita Mistry, PhD
• Rubina Haque, PhD, RD

• Nutrition
• medical care
• Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/302

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-1301