What Does Evidence-Based Mean for Nutrition Educators? Best Practices for Choosing Nutrition Education Interventions Based on the Strength of the Evidence

Dollahite, Jamie; Fitch, Cindy; Carroll, Jan B.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2016.06.008

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“…Health education should be designed in a way which would help to understand the reasons for nutrition behaviors that have an impact on the proper development and state of health in a long perspective of life [6,7,8,9]. The educational program should be multilayered and conducted at each level of education [10].…”

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Creating and using nutrition education program as example of developing proper eating habits among children

Szczepańska

Bielaszka

Janion

et al. 2018

Ann. Acad. Med. Siles.

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Health education, including nutrition education, is defined as a process which is aimed at teaching a proper lifestyle, maintaining good health, strengthening it and creating an environment which would be beneficial to physical and mental health. Properly planned and conducted education brings both health and economic benefits and is a long-term investment in the health of the population. Providing education is especially needed among the youngest children, beginning from children at the preschool age. Forming proper eating behaviors from the earliest age of a child may prevent the development of diseases in older age, for example overweight and obesity, accompanying diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis or malignancies. Thus, it is necessary to implement educational programs which supplement preschool education and school health education. A response to the needs of the population was the creation and implementation of the authors' own educational program "Children's Academy of Culinary Art", whose aim was to increase children's interest in proper nutrition and form proper eating habits which will improve health in future. The program consisted of a technological module which included practical classes in technological workshops and an educational one which consisted of theoretical and practical parts. The huge success of both editions of the program convinced the authors of the necessity and importance of further actions connected with nutrition education.

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Section: Methodology Of Creating Educational Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating and using nutrition education program as example of developing proper eating habits among children

Szczepańska

Bielaszka

Janion

et al. 2018

Ann. Acad. Med. Siles.

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“…Similar to evidence-based medicine [28], effective nutrition education is reliant on a strong evidence base grounded in research [29,30]. However, due to the rapidly growing and evolving literature on SD, it may be challenging for nutrition educators to identify the most potentially impactful, evidence-based recommendations for inclusion in their educational offerings, as well as the means for doing so.…”

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Recommendations for Integrating Evidence-Based, Sustainable Diet Information into Nutrition Education

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The adoption of more sustainable diets (SD) has the capacity to meet the needs of individuals without compromising future generations’ abilities to do the same. Nutrition educators are ideal candidates for delivering SD education to consumers, yet evidence-based recommendations for the profession have not been crafted. The results of a thorough, narrative review of the literature performed in 2021 suggest there are five well-supported recommendations nutrition educators should consider incorporating in their work. They are (1) shift towards a plant-based diet, (2) mitigate food waste, (3) limit consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF), (4) engage in local food systems, and (5) choose sustainable seafood. Each recommendation is discussed below in detail, to provide nutrition educators with a nuanced scope of the issue, after which suggestions for the inclusion of these recommendations, using an example of the authors’ experiences from the US Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), are provided.

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“…2,7 Em alternativa, outros estudiosos têm frisado a importância de avaliações com abordagens qualitativas e participativas. 8,9 Essas abordagens podem ser instigadas pela busca da autonomia em saúde, compreendida como a capacidade dos indivíduos de avaliar as opções em saúde construídas em conjunto com os profissionais, de decidir dentre as opções, de se sentir confiantes sobre suas decisões, de definir soluções para alcançar suas decisões e de agir diante dos determinantes de saúde, responsabilizando-se pelo cuidado. [10][11][12][13] Essa autonomia é fortalecida por um processo de empoderamento, no qual os indivíduos ampliam suas capacidades de pensar e agir criticamente sobre seus cuidados.…”

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Identifying elements of empowerment and autonomy in food choices in Food and Nutrition Education groups: A qualitative research

Vincha

Santos

Vieira

et al. 2021

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Introdução: As políticas públicas de saúde têm reforçado a importância do empoderamento e da autonomia dos indivíduos, mas esses aspectos são desconhecidos na área da Nutrição. Objetivo: Identificar elementos que contribuem para o fortalecimento do empoderamento e autonomia nas escolhas alimentares de participantes de grupos de Educação Alimentar e Nutricional. Métodos: Pesquisa qualitativa na perspectiva das representações sociais realizada na Atenção Primária à Saúde da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. Foram desenvolvidos dois grupos contendo usuários com doenças crônicas. Esses usuários, com idade de 47 a 78 anos, compareceram em média a seis encontros grupais, em um período de três meses. Para explorar a vivência dos participantes, a fim de compreender como eles atribuem sentidos e significados a suas escolhas alimentares, realizou-se entrevista semiestruturada com 15 usuários, pós-intervenção. Para a análise dos dados, aplicou-se a análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: Cinco temas emergiram: autopercepção, informação e conhecimento, capacidade pessoal, atitude e adaptação ativa às escolhas. Os quatro primeiros foram identificados como elementos de empoderamento, pois evidenciaram a ampliação da capacidade dos indivíduos de pensar e agir criticamente frente às escolhas alimentares. O último foi formado pelo confronto de determinantes, responsabilização e negociação interna, que se revelaram elementos da autonomia, uma vez que configuraram transformações construídas pelos próprios participantes, pós-intervenção. Conclusão: Os elementos identificados mostraram compor a avaliação da autonomia nas escolhas alimentares dos indivíduos, podendo constituir indicadores de avaliação da Educação Alimentar e Nutricional, bem como avaliar e monitorar as práticas de cuidado preconizadas na promoção da saúde.

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What Does Evidence-Based Mean for Nutrition Educators? Best Practices for Choosing Nutrition Education Interventions Based on the Strength of the Evidence

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Creating and using nutrition education program as example of developing proper eating habits among children

Creating and using nutrition education program as example of developing proper eating habits among children

Recommendations for Integrating Evidence-Based, Sustainable Diet Information into Nutrition Education

Identifying elements of empowerment and autonomy in food choices in Food and Nutrition Education groups: A qualitative research

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