Journal article
Sustainable Food Systems and Diets in Dietetic Training Standards: An International Content Analysis
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol.36(3), pp.957-966
2023
Abstract
Background:
Low professional confidence and perceived competence create tangible barriers to integrating sustainable food systems and diets into dietetic practice. One opportunity to facilitate more systemic integration into dietetic education and training is to include these concepts in professional standards. To better understand the barrier of low professional confidence and perceived competence for engagement with Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) related practice, the purpose of this research was to investigate dietetic training standards for Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) content and to highlight opportunities for growth within the profession. Questions posed by this research explore: 1) how, if at all, are sustainable food systems and diets articulated in dietetic training standards, and 2) to what level of cognitive complexity?
Methods:
A content analysis was conducted of dietetic training standards documents between April 15 and September 15, 2021. Search terms included “sustain*” or “sustainable”, “food systems” and/or “diets.” Extracted data with applicable SFS content was analyzed for level of cognitive complexity requirements.
Results:
Of 47 National Dietetics Associations, researchers obtained 23 dietetic training standards documents, of which 16 included SFS related content. The majority of documents used broad descriptors of the concepts, with little granularity, and at a lower level of cognitive complexity.
Conclusions:
Adoption of more robust frameworks for sustainability with specific learning outcomes that can be adapted to regional contexts would strengthen higher education curricula, and thus, the profession's ability to contribute more meaningfully to SFS and diets.
Details
- Title
- Sustainable Food Systems and Diets in Dietetic Training Standards: An International Content Analysis
- Authors
- Madalyn Higgins (Author) - Acadia UniversityHeather Strother (Author) - Acadia UniversitySarah Burkhart (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - LegacyLiesel Carlsson (Author) - Acadia UniversityNanna Meyer (Author) - University of Colorado Colorado SpringsMarie Spiker (Author) - University of WashingtonJessica Wegener (Author) - Toronto Metropolitan University
- Publication details
- Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol.36(3), pp.957-966
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1111/jhn.13122
- ISSN
- 1365-277X
- Organisation Unit
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy; High Performance Sport - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99694298802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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