Strengthening public health nutrition: findings from a situational assessment to inform system-wide capacity building in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess public health nutrition practice within the public health system in Ontario, Canada to identify provincial-wide needs for scientific and technical support.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study was conducted to identify activities, strengths, challenges and opportunities in public health nutrition practice using semi-structured key informant interviews (n 21) and focus groups (n 10). Recorded notes were analysed concurrently with data generation using content analysis. System needs were prioritised through a survey.

Setting

Public health units.

Participants

Eighty-nine practitioners, managers, directors, medical officers of health, researchers and other stakeholders were purposively recruited through snowball and extreme case sampling.

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SUBMITTER: Prowse RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557118 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature