Practitioner consensus on the determinants of capacity building practice in high-income countries

Elizabeth Swanepoel; Ann Fox; Roger Hughes

doi:10.1017/S136898001400216X

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Practitioner consensus on the determinants of capacity building practice in high-income countries

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Practitioner consensus on the determinants of capacity building practice in high-income countries

Elizabeth Swanepoel, Ann Fox and Roger Hughes

Public Health Nutrition, Vol.18(10), pp.1898-1905

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001400216X

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public health nutrition

nutrition capacity development

capacity building

consensus

delphi method

Objective To assess and develop consensus among experienced public health nutrition practitioners from high-income countries regarding conceptualisation of capacity building in practice, and to test the content validity of a previously published conceptual framework for capacity building in public health nutrition practice. Design A Delphi study involving three iterations of email-delivered questionnaires testing a range of capacity determinants derived from the literature. Consensus was set at >50 % of panellists ranking items as 'very important' on a five-point Likert scale across three survey rounds. Setting Public health nutrition practice in Australia, the UK, Canada and the USA. Subjects Public health nutrition practitioners and academics. Result A total of thirty expert panellists (68 % of an initial panel of forty-four participants) completed all three rounds of Delphi questionnaires. Consensus identified determinants of capacity building in practice including partnerships, resourcing, community development, leadership, workforce development, intelligence and quality of project management. Conclusions The findings from the study suggest there is broad agreement among public health nutritionists from high-income countries about how they conceptualise capacity building in public health nutrition practice. This agreement suggests considerable content validity for a capacity building conceptual framework proposed by Baillie et al. (Public Health Nutr12, 1031-1038). More research is needed to apply the conceptual framework to the implementation and evaluation of strategies that enhance the practice of capacity building approaches by public health nutrition professionals.

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Title: Practitioner consensus on the determinants of capacity building practice in high-income countries
Authors: Elizabeth Swanepoel (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Ann Fox (Author) - University of Toronto, Canada
Roger Hughes (Author) - Bond University
Publication details: Public Health Nutrition, Vol.18(10), pp.1898-1905
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001400216X
ISSN: 1368-9800
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448784402621
Output Type: Journal article

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